The Book of Kells

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Language
Latin
Pages
681

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Cover of: The Book of Kells
The Book of Kells: ...fine art facsimile volume.
1990, Faksimile Verlag Luzern]
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Edition Notes

Full-color facsimile of the 8th cent. Latin manuscript (Ms. 58 in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin).
The facsimile ends with p. [680]. Title from p. [681].
"A unique, limited edition of 1480 copies worldwide, numbered in arabic numerals. 80 copies numbered in roman numerals are ... reserved ... for the authors and collaborators, as well as for the publisher's archives."
Issued with a commentary volume (The Book of Kells ... : commentary / edited by Peter Fox) described on LC record 90-183044.
LC has copy no. 193. Shelved with it are 2 prospectuses: 1 is in printed form (1 portfolio (15 p., [6] p. of plates : col. ill., col. facsims., ports. (1 col.) ; 45 cm.)); the other is a videocassette recording (c1987) describing the significance of the ms. and showing steps in the production of the facsim. (1 videocassette (15 min.) : sd., col. VHS format).
Source: Purchase, Mar. 18, 1990.

Published in
[Lucerne
Genre
Facsimiles.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
745.6/7/0941822
Library of Congress
BS2552 .B55 1990, ND3359.K4 B6524 1990

The Physical Object

Pagination
[681] p. ;
Number of pages
681

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1953129M
ISBN 10
3856720316
LCCN
90180229, 90183044
Library Thing
9594173

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