Sorry Out of Stock de Berry, Jean [duc]; Thomas, Marcel [intro.] Catalogue No.: 4811
Publisher: | London.: Thames & Hudson. | Edition: | Facsimile Edition; Published Date: 1971 | Illustrations: | Illustrated with many colour plates replicating the original Grande Heures | Dimensions: | 440 x 330 mm (17 x 13 inches) - 183pp. | Appearance: | Red hardback cloth cover. | Condition: | VG : in very good condition without dust jacket in red cloth slipcase. Light foxing to half title. Split to cloth along lower edge of cloth slipcase. |
A beautiful facsimile of one of the treasures of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. Reproduced from MS. Lat. 919. The original was completed in 1409 and designed to surpass in richness all those already possessed by the Duke. All pages have been reproduced to the exact size of the original hourse (these would have taken almost the maximum surface of an entire skin of parchment).
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