FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE ART OF THE BOOK IN IRELAND: 1500 TO THE PRESENT.
London: National Gallery of Ireland and Merrell Holberton, 1997. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 175+(1) pages. First edition. A book to accompany an exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. An exploration of bindings, illuminations, calligraphy and title-page design of Irish printed books and manuscripts from the last five centuries. Beginning with reference to the Gaelic scribal tradition which had survived from the Middle Ages, the author charts the development of the book arts in..... READ MORE about FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE ART OF THE BOOK IN IRELAND: 1500 TO THE PRESENT
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