IN REMEMBRANCE OF CREATION: EVOLUTION OF ART AND SCHOLARSHIP IN THE MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE BIBLE.
Item #14749
Waltham, Massachusetts: Brandeis University Press, 1968. Cloth; 4to. Xviii, 211 pages. White grain cloth leatherette, gilded and embossed cover and spine title. Printed on beautiful parchment-like paper. Many plates in black and white. Frontispiece illustration in color. Examines about 212 manuscripts and books pertaining to the Bible; including the Gutenberg Bible, the 1462 Fust & Schoeffer Bible, and The Eliot Bible, the first complete Bible printed in the Western hemisphere. Series: Publications of the Society of Bibliophiles at Brandeis University, no. 3. "Catalogue of an exhibition to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Brandeis University held at the Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Brandeis University Library, May 4th through June 11th, 1968." Includes bibliographies. Manuscripts, Medieval -- Exhibitions. Manuscripts, Renaissance -- Exhibitions. Bible -- Photographies, illustrations, etc. Art médiéval -- Catalogues. Art de la Renaissance. Top 4 inches of backstrip have cracked and separated from spine, although present; bottom edge is starting; couple of light spots on book edges. Rest of book in like-new condition. (CT-2).
Price: $100.00