Lot n° 156
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HEURES DE LA REINE ANNE DE BRETAGNE (Le Livre d ). Translate - Lot 156
HEURES DE LA REINE ANNE DE BRETAGNE (Le Livre d ). Translated from Latin and accompanied by unpublished notes by Abbé Delaunay. Paris, L. Curmer, 1841. 2 volumes in-4, red morocco, double cold fillet, large chased and gilt clasps, spines underlined with cold fillets overflowing on the boards, inner lace, gilt edges (L. Curmer). Magnificent work containing 477 pages mounted on tabs, with numerous illustrations in chromolithographs reproducing the plates, illuminations, endpapers, etc., of the original manuscript of Jean Bourdichon, preserved in the BnF. It is accompanied by a volume containing the French translation of the text and unpublished notes written by Abbé Delaunay. The edition of 850 copies, this one nominative for the duke of Saint-Simon, general of division and senator, with his large illuminated coat of arms on a leaf at the beginning of the volume. The appendix volume is bound in contemporary red half morocco. Some scuffing on the boards.
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