![]() ![]() ![]() The book's language has eluded decipherment, and its elaborate illustrations remain as baffling as they are beautiful. The manuscript appears and disappears throughout history, from the library of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to a secret sale of books in 1903 by the Society of Jesus in Rome. Written in an unknown script by an unknown author, the manuscript has no clearer purpose now than when it was rediscovered in 1912 by rare books dealer Wilfrid Voynich. Many call the fifteenth-century codex, commonly known as the Voynich Manuscript, the world's most mysterious book. The Voynich Manuscript is produced from new photographs of the entire original and accompanied by expert essays that invite anyone to understand and explore the enigma. This is another paragraph Book Description: The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle. 336pp.Please note: this is heavy book (approx 1.9 Kg). Mint condition.Yale University Press,2016.First UK edition.Large format pictorial hardback in mint condition, no Dj cover as book is new and sealed. ![]()
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