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.
US
buyers $9.00 shipping.
International
buyers, shipping through the eBay Global Shipping Program.
International
buyers, no refunds or returns.
Payment
is due at the time of the purchase.