Early Bible Illustrations, A Short Study by Strachan, James - 1957

Cambridge University Press, 1957-01-02. Hardcover. Good. 0.0000 in x 0.0000 in x 0.0000 in. Previous owners name inscribed inside.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1957. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. With Illustrations, Maps, Facsimiles and a Bibliography. FIRST EDITION. CAMBRIDGE : 1957. Hardback. Illustrated; plates and facsimiles. Dark blue cloth; gilt lettered spine. Minimal library markings. Tight, bright and clean. Minor wear to spine. GOOD. (viii), 169 pages. Index. Bibliography: p. 160-161. CONTENTS: Introduction: the quest -- The earliest printed pictures -- Nicolas de Lyra -- The Italian Bible of 1490 and its successors -- The Lubeck Bible; the Czech Bible of 1506 -- Luther's Bibles -- The German Swiss Bibles -- French and Dutch Bibles -- The English Bibles: history -- The English Bibles: illustrations. SUMMARY: Mr Strachan was asked if he could identify or explain the illustrations in an edition of the English Great Bible of 1541. Some were simple, others quite baffling. He set out to discover their meaning and history, and succeeded in tracing their derivation. At each stage a possible influence or… Read More

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 1957. 8vo, 170pp, 126 black and white illlustrations. A good hardback copy in slightly edgeworn boards and some foxing. No dust jacket.

Cambridge at the University Press. Used - Very Good. 1957. Cloth, dj. 8vo. viii & 170 pp. Illustrated. Mild shelf wear and moderate chipping to dust jacket otherwise protected by acetate cover. Price clipped. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. (Subject: Medieval, Art & Illumination.)

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1957. 8vo. viii, 169, [1] pp. Frntsp., numerous plates, text illusts. Green cloth, gilt lettrng (slght shlfwr), w/ d.j. (mnr shlfwr), NF/NF copy, w/ bkplate on frnt pstdn. First edition of this excellent illustrated survey on the illustration of Bibles from 1450 to 1550, including the 1490 Italian Bible, the Lubeck Bible, the 1506 Czech Bible, Luther Bibles, and more.

8vo. dark green cloth. gilt letters. [i-viii]. 170pp. 127 illustrations. no wrapper otherwise a good copy.

Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dustwrapper worn and torn at edges, book very good.

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, [170pp]. 126 illustrations, frontis. Illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight, not creased. Octavo.

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Cambridge Univ. Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Good, clean and sound copy, publisher's cloth gilt binding. Dust jacket a little dusty, rubbed at extremities. No inscriptions. viii + 170 pages, many illus. and plates, notes, index. Approx. size 9" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books on Books; theology; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 25991. .