The Irish Hand : Scribes and Their Manuscripts from the Earliest Times to the Seventeenth Century with an Exemplar of Irish Scripts by O'Neill, Timothy. introduction by Francis John Byrne - 1984
by O'Neill, Timothy. introduction by Francis John Byrne
The Irish Hand : Scribes and Their Manuscripts from the Earliest Times to the Seventeenth Century with an Exemplar of Irish Scripts
by O'Neill, Timothy. introduction by Francis John Byrne
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
Mountrath, Portlaoise, Ireland: The Dolmen Press Limited, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Thin quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Some fading to spine but text still easily legible. 1992 gif inscription in pencil on flyleaf. SIGNED in a lovely calligraphic hand by the author on the title page. 100 p. w/ bibliography ad many b&w examples of manuscripts and scripts. A lovely survey of Ireland's scribal tradition, with great background on individual manuscripts. Very uncommon signed.
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Bookseller
Motte & Bailey, Booksellers
(US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition very good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher The Dolmen Press Limited
- Place of Publication Mountrath, Portlaoise, Ireland
- Date Published 1984