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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: None, as Issued. Vol I (Text): xvi + 404 pp; Vol II (Plates): [iv] + 464 pp. Black cloth, gilt titles and gilt line drawing on cover. FINE set, no visible defects, no markings. This set of two volumes comprises the second part of the Illustrations of the Septuagint, covering the Byzantine Octateuchs. There are 8 full color plates, the remaining illustrations are in black and white. Quite rare, seldom seen in this condition. This is a large and heavy set, but WILL BE SENT BY MEDIA MAIL WITHIN THE US AT NO ADDITIONAL POSTAGE CHARGE. International shipping will be charged at our cost, but will be expensive; please email for a quote before ordering if you are concerned. "This extraordinary two-volume work - the culmination of decades of research - presents the dazzling array of miniatures that appear in the six extant Byzantine Octateuchs (the first eight books of the Old Testament) and the Vatican Joshua Roll. Each of the 1,552 miniatures in these tenth- to thirteenth-century manuscripts is reproduced at close to actual size on 464 large-format plates. The illustrations are organized by Old Testament episode, so that the various depictions of each biblical scene can be easily studied and compared. An annotated catalogue describes all of the miniatures in each of the Octateuch manuscripts, from the creation of the world to the story of Ruth, and provides a full bibliography of every scene. Three analytical chapters investigate the origin of the iconography of the Octateuchs, the formation and later development of the cycle of the illustrations, and the codicology, history, and style of each of the extant Byzantine manuscripts." OCLC 39856103.

Hardcover. Cloth, VG (top edges little dust-spotted).