1975 EDILAN 1ST #D BEATI APOCALIPSIN CODEX GERUNDENSIS Start Price USD 1,875.00 Current Price USD 1,875.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, July 20, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 27, 2008 Location lost on the beach See more about '1975 EDILAN 1ST #D BEATI APOCALIPSIN CODEX GERUNDENSIS ' Description From estate of Oriana Fallaci; LIMITED NUMBERED FIRST EDITION of COMENTARIO AL APOCALIPSIS; BEATI IN APOCALIPSIN; CODEX GERUNDENSIS. This is a magnificent all leather special LIMITED FIRST EDITION BOOK and is number 0635 out of 3000 total printed. This auction is for CODEX only and does not companion translation editions which I do not have. The book however is a gorgeous and huge full leatherbound artistic gem. There is a price sticker on back cover from RIZZOLI showing price of $1750.00. (Those are in 1970s dollars for the CODEX Volume alone evidently). Here is an excerpt from rare book website offering THE SET of CODEX and companion editions for your comparison: Comentario Al Apocalipsis (Beati in Apocalipsin Libri Duodecim, Codex Gerundensis) Beatus, Saint Presbyter Of Liebana (Beato De Liebana)  3600.00     Edilan 1975 Hardcover Fine Three volumes. Volume 1 is folio and contains the facsimile reproduction of the Codex, one of the most beautiful manuscripts of Visigothic art: The Comentario al Apocalipsis de San Juan of Beatus of Liebana which is kept at the Cathedral of Gerona. The manuscript is dated 975, and contains 131 mniatures and over 1, 200 motifs. A magnificent facsimile, bound in full leather, gilt. Accompanied by two copies of the companion volume, one in English/Latin and the other in Spanish/Latin. It contains the complete Latin text as transcribed by Henry A. Sanders in 1929 along with commentaries on the manuscript by J. Camon Aznar, T. Marin Martinez and J. Marques Casanovas. Quarter leather, linen sides. A fine set. One of 3000 numbered copies authenticated by Cabildo Catedralicio de Gerona.   Place a Bid!