The Book of the Bayeux Tapestry
1914, first edition, with 76 colour facsimile illustrations of the complete tapestry
Author
Hilaire Belloc
Publisher
Chatto & Windus, London, 1914
Printing Details
First edition. Hardback, bound in the original red cloth with gilt titling and design to spine and upper board. Top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed. 25.5 × 16.5cm, unpaginated.
With an introduction and narrative by Hilaire Belloc, this book presents the complete Bayeux Tapestry in 76 colour images (two per page), and in its entirety.
Condition
A good plus copy, with clean pages and secure binding. There are relevant newspaper articles pasted in to the front and rear endpapers but this has been done neatly. There is a some sunning to the spine but otherwise an attractive copy in strong readable condition.
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