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Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 1979. First edition. Cloth with gilt title. A very good+ copy with minor foxing along front joint and fore edge, light soiled spot on front board, bookplate on front pastedown else contents fine.. xii, 359 pp. Illus. with duotone and b/w plates, plans, drawings, and reproductions. Folio. Wolfgang Braunfels, foreword; Charles W. Jones, trans.; A. Hunter Dupree, notes. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill, with his bookplate.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, folio, hardcover in cloth. Vol. I (ISBN 0520035909): xxviii, 356 pp., illus. + 1 folding plate; Vol. II (ISBN 0520035917): xii, 359 pp., illus.; Vol. III (ISBN 0520035925): xxxii, 267 pp., illus. with corrigenda and errata addendum sheet loosely inserted. With a foreword by Wolfgang Braunfels, a translation into English by Charles W. Jones of the Directives of Adalhard, 753-826, the Ninth Abbot of Corbie, and with a note by A. Hunter Dupree on the Significance of the Plan of St. Gall to the History of Measurement. Bound in cream coloured linen cloth with red leather spine labels. A few corners lightly bumped, some soiling to front panel of Vol. I, some wear to spines, lettering on spine label of Vol. II is faded. Housed in three separate chemises within cloth covered slipcase. Scattered minor flaws including small tears to inside lining of slipcase and a few stains on the exterior. A substantial set… Read More

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1979. First edition. Folio (14" x 11-1/2"). 3 volumes. Raw linen with red calf spine labels. Profusely illustrated with photos ground plans and drawings. In fine, as new condition. Still in the original publisher's cardboard shipping container. Few early medieval documents have been studied as intensively in recent years as the architectural scheme known as the Plan of St. Gall. And few possess the broad imaginative scope of this ancient parchment, drawn between 820 and 830 A.D. to guide Benedictine monastic planning in the age of Charlemagne. In 1979 the University of California Press published a three-volume study, "The Plan of St. Gall". Pro Helvetica decided to introduce the Plan to an even broader audience through an exhibition designed to travel in the United States and Europe. Designed by Ernest Born, this book not only compliments that exhibition but stands independently of it. A succinct text captures the essence of the Plan in its historical,… Read More