Illustrated throughout. A near fine copy.

Prefaces by Leonard Boyle and Francesco Sicilia. Contributions by Paul Canart, Francesca Pascalicchio and Gaetano Sabatini. Summary: The Byzantine Bindings of the Vatican Library; Book Archeology and Study of Bindings; Detection; The Decoration of Blankets; Survey Summary; Statistical Study of Quantitative and Qualitative Characteristics; Conclusions.