Bayeaux Tapestry

Various 'Writers of Eminence in Literature Science and Art': The National Encyclopedia, a dictionary of universal knowledge volume II ASM-BLA, Edinburgh: Mackenzie, nd

Brown cloth large 8vo; page edges red; Black & gold gilt lettering & decoration; ends of spine rubbed;Vg cover rubbed; -;foxing to endpapers;bound in at front are many many plates covering subjects such as Aurora; Assay; Autographs; Backbone; Balloons; Barometer; Basalt; Basilica; Byzantime architecture; Bats; Battery; Bayeaux Tapestry; Bear; Beer; Beetles; Bells; birds; blast furnace;also colour maps of Athens antiquities; Australia; Austria;

[SW: Aurora; Assay; Autographs; Backbone; Balloons; Barometer; Basalt; Basilica; Byzantime architecture; Bats; Battery; Bayeaux Tapestry; Bear; Beer; Beetles; Bells; birds; blast furnace;]

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Maclagan, Eric CBE: The Bayeux Tapestry; England: Harmondsworth, 1945

Pictorial Cover. No Jacket. The Bayeux Tapestry; Eric Maclagan, C.B.E. - Harmondsworth, England, King Penguin, 1945. Revised Edition, Illustrated Boards, fair, grubby, rubbing at edges of spine. o.w. clean & tight. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Hardback. Cover design by William Grimond 32pp + 8 color plates, and 81 black & white illustartions.

[SW: HISTORY, BAYEAUX, KING PENGUIN]

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THORPE L: The Bayeaux Tapestry and the Norman Invasion, London Folio Society 1973
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110pp, 80 col plates of the tapestry, red cloth spine, gilt decorated.darkgreen clovers Hardback Square 4to

[SW: Folio Society]

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THREE PAMPHLETS BOUND TOGETHER, (London); London ; Paris ( Haring and Lepard) ; William Nicol,; L'Imprimerie des Sciences et Arts 1828; 1826; 1804
An Historical Catalogue of an Exhibition of Portraits of the Most Illustrious Personages of Great Britain ; British Institution for promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom ; Notice Historique Sur La Tapisserie Brodee par la Reine Mathilde. The first is a descriptive catalogue of galleries and collections of Portraits that were on exhibition . One of objects of the exhibitions was to display them as a whole before being printed as part of Lodge's Portraits and Memoirs. One of the testimonials is from Walter Scott. Each of the 158 portraits has a short biography . The second item contains a list of the Governors of the British Institution, A subscribers list, and then is a catalogue of His Majesty's Collection of Pictures from Carlton house Palace. The King at that time was George III. 164 pictures exhibited. The third item is regarding the Bayeaux Tapestry which depicts the battle of Hastings in 1066. It is attributed to Queen Mathilde, the wife of William the Conqueror. There are explanations for each of the Latin inscriptions. Five fold-out pages give a better look at the overall design of the Tapestry. The rear board suffer from having been damp as some long past time, as does the text to a varying degree. Still quite readable, which speaks to the quality of the paper used and also to the strength of the binding. Previous owner name written on the front endpaper.

8vo., Quarter cloth with marbled paper boards. viii, 32 pages ; 20 pages; 2o followed by 5 folding pages.

[SW: Art United Kingdom FRANCE PORTRAITS FINE ARTS EMBROIDERY]

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