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The Hasting Hours: A 15th-Century Flemish Book of Hours Made for William, Lord Hastings Now in the British Library, London
by Turner, D.H. (preface and Commentary by)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London & New York: Thames & Hudson, 1983. Reproduced from Additional MS. 54782 in the Department of Manuscripts, the Reference Division, the British Library; Glossy textblock immaculate and tight, beautiful plates. All page edges are straight and sound. Cloth binding, gilt stamped front cover; Enclosed in marbled slip case with illustrated paper paste-down and silk bookmarker sewn into the inside of the slip case. 159pp., including description.. Tan Cloth. Fine. Illus. by 78 Pages Reproduced in Color. 12mo - over 6 " - 7 " tall. Hardcover.
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- Clausen Books, RMABA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB16521
- Title
- The Hasting Hours: A 15th-Century Flemish Book of Hours Made for William, Lord Hastings Now in the British Library, London
- Author
- Turner, D.H. (preface and Commentary by)
- Illustrator
- 78 Pages Reproduced in Color
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 12mo - over 6 " - 7 "
- Keywords
- Lord Hastings plates, Art, William Lord Hastings, Hastings Hours
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- Books on Books;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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