Backhouse, Janet — The Lindisfarne Gospels

London, Marboro Books, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. First published in 1981 by Phaidon Press, this is a stellar condition reprint copy in hardcover quarto format. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Sixty-seven illustrations, 31 in full, glorious color. Chapters devoted to Lindisfarne and Saint Cuthbert, the men who made the manuscript, the text of the gospels, the script, how the manuscript was made, the great decorated pages, the smaller initials, some comparisons, and the later history of the manuscript. [5], 6-96 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,