From Viking to Crusader: Scandinavia and Europe 800-1200, HC, NF

Roesdahl, Else, David M. Wilson, ed. New York: Rizzoli, 1992.

English, Near Fine hardcover, 4to 10 7/8" x 8 1/2", 429 pp.

ISBN: 0847816257

Near Fine 4to full black cloth over boards, gilt title to spine. Minor edgewear, otherwise clean, sharp tips, tightly bound. Very Good+ black dust jacket with red lettering, some edge and shelfwear, now protected by a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Full-color images and complete catalogue of black-and-white photographs of 617 artifacts from exhibition. Considered to be among the most comprehensive surveys of ancient Scandinavian and Viking culture, fifteen experts from around the world contributed to this volume that was created on the occasion of a traveling exhibit that began at the Grand Palais Paris in 1992. Provides an in-depth exploration of Viking culture and how it permeated Europe over the course of 300 years.