Name of the Rose, The - Umberto Eco - Folio Society - 2002

Edition
Name of the Rose, The - Umberto Eco - Folio Society - 2002

Condition
Very Good.  Some very light foxing to upper edge

Details
The name of the rose, Umberto Eco, translated from the Italian by William Weaver, illustrated by Neil Packer. 252 × 184 × 45 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v [vi–viii], 1–499 [500–504]: [8] leaves of colour plates (facing pp. [iii], 104, 121, 312, 329, 424, 441 and 488). Type: Centaur and Arrighi. Printed by the Saint Edmundsbury Press. Bound by Hunter and Foulis in full red buckram with a design in white and gold by Packer; dark red endleaves with a design in gold by Packer. Black slip case. The splendid and bloody plates draw inspiration from medieval paintings and manuscript illuminations. In addition, Packer has drawn lettering for the chapter titles, and there is a map on pages [8–9].