Lot 35
  • 35

Books of Hours

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 5 limited edition facsimiles, comprising:
  • Paper
i. Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry... herausgegeben von Raymond Cazelles und Johannes Rathofer. Lucerne: Faksimile-Verlag Luzern, 1984, 2 volumes (commentary and facsimile), 4to, facsimile volume in imitation red morocco armorial gilt binding, commentary in red leather-backed cloth, in a single perspex box
ii. Das Schwarze Gebetbuch (Gebetbuch des Galeazzo Maria Sforza)... Kommentar von Ulrike Jenni und Dagmar Thoss. Frankfurt: Insel, 1982, 2 volumes (commentary and facsimile), 4to, copy number 268 of 850 copies, facsimile volume in reversed purple calf, commentary in boards, in a single black velvet-lined folding box
iii. Rothschild Gebetbuch... Kommentar Ernst Tenkler [Codices Selecti LXVII]. Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1979, 2 volumes (commentary and facsimile), small 4to, copy number LXV of 96 copies in an imitation red velvet binding with metalwork (from a total print run of 960 copies), commentary volume in vellum-backed boards, in a single folding box
iv. Das Stundenbuch Vat. Ross. 94. Zurich: Belser Verlag, 1983, 2 volumes, 16mo (facsimile) and 8vo (commentary), facsimile in imitation binding of armorial calf gilt, commentary in green buckram, in a single folding box
v. Stundenbuch der Maria von Burgund.... Kommentar... Franz Unterkircher... Antoine de Schryver [Codices Selecti XIV]. Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1969, 2 volumes (commentary and facsimile), 4to, facsimile in green velvet with clasp, commentary in buckram and dust-jacket

together 10 volumes

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