stiff paper wrappers
1955 · Paris
by Bataille, André
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1955. stiff paper wrappers. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 95, (3) pages followed by xiv plates. First edition. Bataille makes an extensive study of Byzantine papyrus. He first provides descriptions of papyrus as a Byzantine support and then looks at the papyrus documents and the methods by which they are understood. Illustrations of his texts are provided. Unopened pages. Indexed. Cover partially detached from spine and soiled. (Inventory #: 62596)