Sancti Beati a Liebana in Apocalypsin Codex Gerundensis
hardcover
1962 · Olten
by BEATUS OF LIEBANA
Olten: Urs Graf-Verlag, 1962. Limited. hardcover. Totius Codicis Similitudinem Prelo Expressam. [El Apocalipsis de Gerona; Die Apokalypse von Gerons; The Apocalypse of Gerona; L'Apocalypse de Gerone]. 2 folio volumes, full pictorial leather & leather-backed boards; matching board slipcase. Profusely illustrated throughout in b/w and mounted color plates. Olten & Lausanne: Urs Graf-Verlag, 1962. Sole distribution in the United States by Philip C. Duschness, New York. Leather spines are just a bit worn, otherwise a fine copy of this extremely rare facsimile, number 212 from a printing of 680 copies. From the collection of art historian Meyer Schapiro, with his ownership signature in each volume. I: Prolegomena. Illustrated with a few mounted plates and other in-text figures. 88pp with texts (German, Spanish, English & French) by Jaime Marques Casanovas, Cesar E. Dubler, and Wilhelm Neuss. II: Facsimile. A full-size reproduction of the complete Codex, mostly b/w but with numerous mounted color plates. Very thick folio with 284 leaves. (Inventory #: 169428)