Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
UK: Allen Lane, 2016. Hardcover. "Part travel book, part detective story, part conversation with the reader, 'Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts' conveys the fascination and excitement of encountering some of the greatest works of art in our culture which, in the originals, are to most people completely inaccessible. At the end, we have a slightly different perspective on history and how we come by knowledge. It is a most unusual book" (jacket). Bound in tan paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Gentle bumping to corners, else fine. Clean and bright with full color illustrations. In tan illustrated dust jacket with blue title to spine and front panels. Minor wear to edges of jacket. 632 pages. BOB/101823. Near Fine / Very Good. More