The Book of Kells

MS 58, Trinity College Dublin. Luzern: Fine Art Facsimile Publishers of Switzerland, 1990

3 folio volumes, comprising:

the facsimile itself, copy number 867 from a limited edition of 1480 copies, bound in white kidskin over wooden boards, in a black drop-back box with silver-plated metalwork decoration and Irish knotwork designs tooled in gilt and blind, a few small scratches on the metalwork

a volume of commentary, edited by Peter Fox, half white kidskin over cloth boards, black slipcase, with the publisher's certificate lo♊osely inserted

and a folder containing a prospectus and details of the manufacture o🐲f the facsimile, in a card portfolio