The Vatican Library : Its History and Treasures
by Alfons Maria Cardinal Stickler ... [et al.]
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1559280603
- ISBN 13
- 9781559280600
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About This Item
Yorktown Heights, NY: Belser, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Contents: Preface -- History of the Vatican Library -- Codices of the Vatican Library -- Bibliographical notes [p. 260] -- The Vatican Library and the Facsimile Project -- Chronology of the Vatican Library -- Glossary -- Index of plates -- Survey of codices according to signatures. 277 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm. First English edition, first printing. Burgundy cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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- Springhead Books (GB)
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- 011746
- Title
- The Vatican Library : Its History and Treasures
- Author
- Alfons Maria Cardinal Stickler ... [et al.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1559280603
- ISBN 13
- 9781559280600
- Publisher
- Belser
- Place of Publication
- Yorktown Heights, NY
- Date Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 277
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