RARE comprehensive monograph on the architecture of the Monreale Cathedral, Monastery, Cloister and the former Royal Palace, now the Archiepiscopal Seminary, together with discussion of the Monreale Cathedral in the context of Norman Architecture. Contains 235 b&w plates, 10 color plates, 47 figures and 21 folding plates of architectural plans. 350x290mm. 324 pages. Grey cloth with illustrated dust-jacket. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Jacket slightly worn and slightly dirty. Jacket upper edge and rear side bottom corner bumped. Cover edges and front cover corners slightly bumped. Rear cover bottom corner and spine bottom edge bumped. Spine edges rubbed. Spine front hinge slightly stained. Text block stained. Rear whitepage edge stained and worn. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare amply illustrated and exhaustive description of one of the greatest extant examples of Norman architecture in the world is in good condition.