Up for sale is a book, "The Book of Kells", reproductions of the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin, with  a study of the manuscript by Francoise Henry. Published in 1974 by Thames and Hudson, London. Contains 126 colour plates and 75 monochrome illustrations. With a slipcase.

One of the greatest treasures of its kind, the Book of Kells is an illuminated religious manuscript from the medieval period. Written in Latin, it contains the four Gospels of the New Testament and would have been crafted by the Celtic monks in the Columban monastery on Iona, circa 800.

The slipcase has a lot of edge and corner wear with some marks, cloth worn through at the edges. A piece of the cloth on the bottom edge of the slipcase is folded up from the edge. The hardcover has a little corner wear and the lettering on the spine is a little faded. The pages are very clean and the binding is firm. Large very heavy book.

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