Live auction - Lot 506

[Facsimile]

The Isabella Breviary. British Library, London. Add. Ms. 18.851.

Barcelona, M. Moleiro, 2010

€ 1.500 / 2.000

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8vo: 523 ff.

Embossed black morocco, gilt title on spine, a.e.g., leather endpapers, original black slipcase. Excellent copy

Impressive colour facsimile of what is considered to be "the most luxurious Flemish breviary", dated the last decade of the 15th c. and held in the British Library. 1046 pages, illuminated by six different hands including the Master of the Dresden Prayerbook, Gérard Horenbout (also known as the Master of James IV of Scotland) and Gérard David. One of 987 numb. copies (n. 477).

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Lot 506

The Isabella Breviary. British Library, London. Add. Ms. 18.851.

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