The Dragon and the Griffin
Aidan Meehan
Thames Hudson, 1995, lst, 160 pages ISBN 0500277923
Softcover in good+ condition, cover good+
Text clean and unmarked, binding tight, owners embossed seal inside cover otherwise clean.
This book is about Celtic Design and the impact of the Vikings on it. Loaded with B&W drawings, the whole book is done in calligraphy. Starting in the late 8th century into the high Middle Ages the Dragon and Griffin designs were distinctive art akin to Art Nouveau and Gothic Fantasy.
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