Live auction - Lot 455
[Facsimile]
Heures de Bruxelles du Duc de Berry. Das Brüsseler Stundenbuch.
(Luzern, Faksimile Verlag, 1996)
Hammer price: €
450
€ 550 / 850
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Lot description
2 vol., lge 8vo + 1 Prospectus, folio.
Publ. gilt- & blind-ornamented red shagreen by Steinbrener, spine with raised bands. Commentary: publ. half red sheep, blue paper on covers, flat spine. Both in a plexiglas case. Prospectus: publ. blue portfolio.
Faithful colour facsimile of the "Ms. 11060-61" in the Royal Library of Belgium. Issued to 980 copies, of which 80 not for sale (n. 544). With accompanying commentary by B. Bousmanne, P. Cockshaw and G. Schmidt (with contributions by A. Peckstadt and L. Watteeuw). Prospectus of the publication with 3 examples of full-page illuminations pasted by upper corners on support ff. joined.