First Edition in cloth slipcase with lettering and manuscript detail on rear board. Publisher's green cloth with an illustrated dust-jacket. Folio. 259mm x 38mm x 335mm. pp. 256. The Book of Kells is a masterpiece of 9th Century art, a brilliantly decorated version of the four Gospels with full-page depictions of Christ, the Virgin and the Evangelists, as well as a wealth of smaller decorative painting. With 59 full-size reproductions of complete pages of the manuscript. The author is the Keeper of Manuscripts at Trinity College Library.  A book in Fine condition, still in the publisher’s shrink wrap.