Les Très Belles Heures de Notre-Dame. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ms. nouv. acq. lat. 3093.

2 vol., 4to.

Bordeaux shagreen with gold tooling, central gilt coat of arms on covers (spines and upper cover faded). In acrylic glass case.

Spectacular coloured facsimile of this valuable and elaborately decorated Book of Hours commissioned by the Duke of Berry around 1380 for his famous collection to various masters - all of them great names of their time - which are among the highlights of book illumination and still fascinate the viewer today. One of 980 numb. copies (n. 858). With the commentary by Eberhard König.