YORK MINSTER: THE GREAT EAST WINDOW. Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi. Great Britain - Summary Catalogue 2.

First edition, first printing. Original navy cloth with gilt titles to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and black and white photographs on almost every page, with a gallery of colour plates at the rear. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean and bright and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the near fine original dustwrapper that is very lightly rubbed and creased at the edges and has a very short closed tear at the top edge of the rear panel.

A detailed, landmark catalogue of the stained glass panels that make up York Minster's great east window, the largest in the Minster, which contains extremely fine examples of fifteenth century glass. Thomas French (1917-2001) worked with the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England for over thirty years as Senior Archeological Investigator. He spent much of his career at York Minster, cataloguing, studying and writing about thousands of archaeological and historical items in the Minster's archives and the countless significant features of the building. He was Trustee of the York Glaziers Trust, a member of the Local Advisory Committee for the Dean and Chapter of York Minster, honorary member of the York Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches, and member of the York Minster Fabric Advisory Committee (Monuments Men and Women Foundation).