BOYLE, Leonard E.

Paleografia Latina Medievale. Introduzione Bibliografica. [Con Supplemento 1982-1998 (cover subtitle)]

Rome, Edizioni Quasar, 1999 (expanded edition)/ 1984.

Octavo, xxiv, 496 pages with 7 full-page illustrations; the publisher's title-specific bookmark is loosely inserted.

Colour-pictorial card covers a little tanned about the spine and slightly bumped; a very good copy.

The text is in Italian. The half-title is inscribed, dated (11 March 1999) and signed by the author. Leonard Eugene Boyle OP OC (1923-1999) was Prefect of the Vatican Library from 1984 to 1997.

Offered together with a copy of the first edition, published in English as 'Medieval Latin Paleography. A Bibliographical Introduction' (Toronto, Toronto University Press, 1984; octavo, xvi, 400 pages; gilt-lettered cloth; a fine copy with a 'compliments of the author' slip loosely inserted). [2 items].