14th CENTURY. Finely Bound Facsimile Folio of an Important 14th Century Bible.

Absolutely beautiful 14 inch folio fine printing and binding reproduction of a fantastic 14th century hand-illustrated Bible.  Holkham, Norfolk [Forward], W. O. Hassall [Intro & Commentary]. The Holkham Bible Picture Book. Dropmore Press. 1954. 191pp.  A fabulous large folio facsimile [first edition] of the famed 14th century Holkham Bible. It contains an introduction and important historical commentary by W. H. Hassall of the Bodleian Library.  The volume is comprised of three separate sections: Part I contains a list of plates and introduction, detailing the physical appearance, arrangement of the Bible Picture Book, theme, layout, composition, colour, text, language and script, iconography, dramatic influence, provenance, and other introductory information. Part II is the actual facsimile reproduction of the manuscript. Part III contains commentary on the plates, appendix on the armour, glossary of obsolete French words, an index of proper names in the manuscript, and a general