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(Illuminated Manuscripts) THE HOURS OF JEANNE D'EVREUX QUEEN OF FRANCE, AT THE CLOISTERS THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.
New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1957 12mo. paper-covered boards. 28, (47) pages.
Introduction by James J. Rorimer. Facsimile of the original text, with commentary. With bookplate mounted on front pastedown which states that this copy was given to J. Ben Lieberman as a gift of the Christmas season by Sol. M. Cantor and Robert L. Leslie of The Composing Room.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 35265

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) ILLUMINATED & CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPTS, AN EXHIBITION HELD AT THE FOGG ART MUSEUM & HOUGHTON LIBRARY.
Cambridge n.p. 1955 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 45, (3) pages followed by 80 plates.
With an introduction by Hanns Swarzenski and a foreword by William A. Jackson. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 76623

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) ILLUMINATED & CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPTS, AN EXHIBITION HELD AT THE FOGG ART MUSEUM & HOUGHTON LIBRARY, FEBRUARY 14 - APRIL 1, 1955.
Cambridge Harvard College Library 1955 4to. later cloth, leather spine label with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 45, (3) pages followed by 80 full page plates.
Foreword by William A. Jackson. Spine label rubbed and scuffed.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 30505

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE.
Baltimore The Walters Art Gallery 1949 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 85 pages and 80 plates.
An exhibition catalogue. Wrappers slightly faded.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 9197

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE.
Baltimore The Walters Art Gallery 1949 4to. cloth-backed boards with original cover laid down on cloth as issued xiv, 85 pages and 80 plates.
An exhibition catalogue. Some foxing.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 47070

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) THE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, A BOOK OF POSTCARDS, THE BRITISH LIBRARY.
San Francisco Pomegranate Artbooks (1994) oblong 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated.
One page of text followed by the tear-out postcards.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 106252

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS (11TH CENTURY THROUGH THE 16TH CENTURY) FROM THE BIBLIOTHÈQUE OF THEIR HIGHNESSES THE DUKES D'ARENBERG.
New York Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc. 1952 small 4to. leatherette. 94 pages.
First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies; this copy is out of series. Lists 89 items, including many Books of Hours. Full of black-and-white facsimiles from the listed items.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 57018

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION HELD AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.
New York New York Public Library 1934 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 32, (2) pages.
Limited to 500 copies, reprinted from the Bulletin with revisions. Illustrated. Covers chipped and soiled with tears along hinge.
Price: $ 6.00 other currencies Order nr. 16040

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, MASTERPIECES IN MINIATURE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WALTERS AT GALLERY.
Baltimore The Walters Art Gallery 1984 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Unpaginated.
A catalogue to accompany an exhibition of 185 illuminated manuscripts, held to honor the fiftieth anniversay of the Walters Art Gallery as a public museum. Well illustrated, much in color.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 47934

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) Malo, Henri LES TRÈS RICHES HEURES DU DUC DE BERRY, IMAGES DE LA VIE DE JESUS.
Verve 7 Paris Editions de la Revue Verve 194O 4to. boards, dust jacket. (10) pages of text and 12 pages containing tipped-in full color plates.
This issue of the famous French magazine Verve devoted to the Duc de Berry and his illuminated manuscript. Text in French. Wear at spine ends.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 54396

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) Malo, Henri LES TRÈS RICHES HEURES DU DUC DE BERRY, IMAGES DE LA VIE DE JESUS.
Paris Editions de la Revue Verve 194O 4to. boards, dust jacket. (10) pages of text and 12 pages containing tipped-in full color plates.
Verve 7. This issue of the famous French magazine Verve devoted to the Duc de Berry and his illuminated manuscript. Wrappers torn along spine. Ink inscription on free endpaper.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 93533

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) LES MANUSCRITS A PEINTURE EN FRANCE DU XIIIe AU XVIE SIÈCLE.
Paris Bibliothèque Nationale 1955 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xx, 190, (2), 10, (2) pages, with 44 illustrations.
Catalogue of an exhibition of illuminated manuscripts, with a preface by André Malraux. Frederic Goff's copy with his name and acquistion date in corner of front free endpaper.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 47992

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) THE MASTER OF MARY OF BURGUNDY.
A Book of Hours for Engelbert of Nassau, the Bodleian Library Oxford New York George Braziller (1970) 12mo. silver stamped brown vinyl cover, all edges gilt, slipcase. (34) pages followed by the full color facsimile with interleaved text.
First edition thus.. Introduction and Legends by J.J.G. Alexander. With a selective bibliography.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 90403

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) Medica, Massimo THE BOOK OF HOURS OF BONAPARTE GHISLIERI.
Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary Modena Franco Cosimo Panini 2008 8vo morocco binding adorned with silver and enamel work and semi-preciuos stones, clamshell case 274 pages
One of 980 copies. This extremely refined masterwork of the Italian Renaissance (1503) was commissioned by Bonaparte Ghislieri, who belonged to a leading family of Bologna. Also Bolognese was the calligrapher, Pietro Antonio Sallando (a grammarian at the citys university and a renowned calligraphy master).

A treasury of masterpieces: Ghislieris intention was to produce a small anthology of the finest illuminations in central and northern Italy. To this end he called upon a number of the leading artists of this period, each of whom was to produce a full-page illumination. Thus, we find works by Amico Aspertini (Adoration of the Shepherds), Perugino (San Sebastiano), Lorenzo Costa (David with lyre), Francesco Francia (San Gerolamo), and, in all likelihood, Matteo da Milano (Annunciation).

Marvellous embellishments: Notable, too, are the embellishments framing the illustrations, produced with an abundance of floral motifs and references to the classic tradition. Indeed, a number of pages include fragile, fantastic, grotesque figures inspired by the decor of the Grotte (caves) of the Esquiline Hill in Rome (the site of the buried remains of Neros Domus Aurea, or Golden House, which, when uncovered in 1480, immediately attracted the attention of the artists of that period).

The elaborate binding: The morocco binding, with its finely executed floral motifs on polychrome silk satin, is quite remarkable. The covers are adorned with two bezels or settings for semi-precious stones and two centrally positioned roundels for the figures of the Annunciation.

Patronage: The works original owner (as indicated by the coat of arms) was Bonaparte Ghislieri, who was elected a senator in Bologna following the assassination of his father, Virgilio, in 1523. When the codex was produced, Bonaparte Ghislieri was still rather young and it may be that this Libro dOre had been commissioned by Bonapartes father for his sons use. The codex passed from the house of Ghislieri into the hands of the Albani family of Urbino, where, according to record, it was to be found in the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century, the work reached Britain, where it was purchased by Henry Yates Thompson in 1897. It has been at the British Library since 1941.

The Commentary: The work is accompanied by a book with commentary, edited by Massimo Medica, with writings by Giancarlo Benevolo, Peter Kidd and Massimo Medica.

Facsimile is present with the accompanying commentary and a clamshell case.
Price: $ 11,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 105364

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) MINIATURE DEL RINASCIMENTO. CATALOGO DELLA MOSTRA.
Città del Vaticano Biblioteca Vaticana 1950 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 90, (2), i-xxi, (2) pages
First edition. Italian illuminated manuscripts from the 15th century were the focus of this 1950 exhibition at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. 160 of the Vatican's most precious books were on display. All are Catalogueed here and many are pictured in black & white. 2 color reproductions. Indexed. In Italian. Indentation in front cover and first few pages.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 62883

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) MINIATURES FROM A FRENCH HORAE, BRITISH MUSEUM ADD. MS. 16997, FIFTEEN TH CENTURY. REPRODUCED IN HONOUR OF JOHN ALEXANDER HERBERT.
N.P. Printed for the Subscribers 1927 8vo. quarter parchment. (xiv) pages followed by 18 plates.
With portrait of Herbert and one plate in full color. With four page greeting to Herbert loosely inserted.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 24857

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) MINIATURES OF THE RENAISSANCE, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION.
Vatican City Vatican Library 1950 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, color cover label. 96, (2) pages followed by 31 plates in black and white.
With an 18 page introduction by Anselmo Maria Albarada. Well annotated descriptions 160 items. Some foxing of covers.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 40151

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) Mitchell, Charles. A FIFTEENTH CENTURY ITALIAN PLUTARCH.
New York Thomas Yoseloff (1961) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 40 pages.
First U.S. edition. Concerning MS. 22318 in the British Museum. The humanistic culture of early fifteenth century Florence is brilliantly exemplified by the colorful illuminations from this Latin translation of ten of Plutarch's Lives. Ten historiated initials and narrative scenes in the north Italian courtly style of the Renaissance are reproduced in full color and tipped-in, accompanied by English translations describing the scenes. The illuminations are attributed to the Vitae Master and Belbello of Pavia. Introduction, chapter notes. Jacket chipped and soiled with wear along top edge and small piece missing along top edge..Bookplate.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 62272

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) Mitchell, Sabrina MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT PAINTING
New York The Viking Press (1965) 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 176 pages.
First U.S. edition. Well illustrated history. Some cover soiling.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 8286

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) Mulas, Pier Luigi THE TORRIANI BOOK OF HOURS.
Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary Modena Franco Cosimo Panini 2009 Large Miniature Bound by hand (gilded silver binding covers and spine), clamshell case 30 pages, 333 pages
One of 980 copies. With its extraordinary binding and highly elaborate illumination work, while very small, this precious Book of Hours must be considered an absolute masterpiece.

The splendid binding The Torriani Book of Hours is just one of a small handful of manuscripts of this period which still have their original bindings. It is therefore an exceedingly rare item. The two binding covers, with their gilded silver filigree work, are adorned with cameos representing Saint Catherine and Saint Lucy. Inside the binding covers, we also find 14 enamel inserts representing the Kiss of Judas, the Way to Calvary and twelve busts of saints. The wealth, luxury and refinement of the times is clearly illustrated by the Torriani Book of Hours, alongside other devotional works of this kind produced by the jewellers workshops of Milan under the House of Sforza.

The refinement of the embellishments Thirty illuminations adorn this small devotional codex for private use. Twelve are Calendar illustrations. For the eighteen Offices of the Virgin we find six full-page illuminations and twelve pages with illuminated initials featuring architectural and floral motifs, putti, birds and rabbits.

A masters workshop The illustrations for the Torriani Hours may be ascribed to the Milanese bottega (workshop) of the master, Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis. This leading workshop operated in full awareness of the latest developments in the field of painting in Lombardy at the close of the fifteenth century, and, in particular, of the art of Leonardo da Vinci (with whom de Predis worked in 1483, on the Virgin of the Rocks). The embellishments of the borders, with their markedly naturalistic representations of animals, jewels and floral sprays, are the work of the young Matteo da Milano one of the leading illuminators of Milan who received commissions from the most important Houses of Renaissance Italy.

Patronage The codex was commissioned by the Milanese Della Torre or Torriani house, an illustrious family of Lombardy which, for some time, ruled over Milan. Further confirmation of the Milanese origin of the work is to be found in the inclusion of certain features such as local saints, in the Calendar, and the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Milans old cathedral, surmounted by a statue of Saint Ambrose (the Patron Saint of Milan). However, the identity of the lady for whom the codex was made, perhaps a lady of the court of Ludovico Sforza, is unknown.

The Commentary: The work is accompanied by a book with commentary, edited by Pier Luigi Mulas, with writings by Marco Collareta, Jean-Baptiste Lebigue and Monica Visioli.

Facsimile is present with the accompanying commentary and a clamshell case.
Price: $ 8,750.00 other currencies Order nr. 105361

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) Narkiss, Bezalel. HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS.
Jerusalem Encyclopaedia Judaica (1969) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 175+ (1) pages.
First edition. Foreword by Cecil Roth. Contrary to popular belief, in biblical Judaism artistic expression was encouraged for educational purposes and for the adornmant of implements involved in performing rituals. Embellishing manuscripts was one of the most important ways the early Jew could express his devotion to the written word. In this book, the author describes the various schools of Judaic manuscript embellishing from Biblical times to the fifteenth century. Beautifully illustrated in color; sixty full-page plates tipped-in, with the manuscript from which it was taken fully described, including specifications and provenance, on the facing page. Notes, glossary, bibliography of plates, index. Jacket rubbed with tears and chips and plastic covering wrinkled.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 99261

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) Nordenfalk, Carl KUNG PRAKTIKS OCH DROTTNING TEORIS JAKTBOK, LE LIVRE DES DEDUIS DU ROI MODUS ET DE LA REINE RATIO.
Stockholm P.A. Norstedt & Söner 1955 4to. original quarter vellum with paper covered boards, cardboard slipcase with paper cover label, vellum tips. (ii), 103, (25) pages.
Limited to an edition of 500 numbered copies. Carl Nordenfalk examines the 15th century French manuscript on the art of hunting called Le Livre des Deduis du Roi Modus et de la Reine Ratio. This illuminated book is housed at the Royal Library of Copenhagen, formerly in the collection of Count Otto Thott. This was the first comprehensive manual of hunting extant from the Middle Ages. Includes many tipped-in color illustrations and 80 black & white figures. In Swedish with an English summary. Number three in the Nationalmusei Skriftserie series. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 60071

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) LE ORE MEDICI ROTHSCHILD. Complete reproduction of the James A. de Rothschild Collection, Waddesdon Manor, England.
Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary Modena Franco Cosimo Panini 2011 small 8vo full velvet, all edges gilt, metal book casing, enamel designs, leather slipcase 235 pages, 223 pages
Towards 1485, Lorenzo de 'Medici commissioned the most successful miniature painters of Florence for which they were to create three luxurious Books of Hours to be allocated to his daughters as wedding presents. Of these little books, the first, now housed in Monaco, was given to Lucretia, who married Jacopo Salviati. The second, currently at the Laurentian Library, was designed for Luisa, betrothed to Giovanni di Pierfrancesco de 'Medici and died before the wedding. The third was a wedding present for Mary Magdalene, married to Count Franceschetto Cibo, natural son of Pope Innocent VIII. The story of his gift to his three daughters, commonly referred to as The Three Moons, is the touching testimony of the loving gesture of a great Renaissance master. Magdalene de 'Medici in Florence, born July 25, 1473, was the favorite daughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent . Her marriage to Franceschetto Cibo, the son of Pope Innocent VIII, was of fundamental importance for the Florentine family. The significance of the marriage was to gain more prestige and have closer relations with the pope. With this wedding, the second son of Lorenzo, John, would later become Pope under the name of Leo X. On the occasion of the wedding, Lorenzo gave Mary Magdalene a small, refined prayer book which is now preserved in the Rothschild collection of Waddesdon Manor, located in England. The book was designed with more beauty in mind than the other two books, but unfortunately it is now devoid of the original binding which was lost centuries. The Franco Cosimo Panini Editore has miraculously restored the appearance of this book in every detail, thus bringing to light this extraordinary jewel dedicated to Mary Magdalene de 'Medici.

In the usual iconography of the annunciation, the book is accompanied by the figures of Mary Magdalene and St. John the Baptist, patron saint of Florence, depicted on the front and back plates in polychrome enamels. The clasps are redesigned in the form of twisted ropes and five raised bands adore the spine of the binding.

The illustrations are the work of several artists, among them being the great Florentine miniaturist Mariano del Buono.

The Rothschild Hours Doctors are the twelfth in the series entitled "The Library Can Not," the most authoritative and valuable collection of facsimiles dedicated to the Renaissance. Like all facsimile editions, the Rothschild Hours Doctors has been fully reproduced to all of the features of the original manuscript. Maximum attention was given to the color details of the illustrations. The binding of the book was entrusted to expert workshops, which used the same techniques used in the late fifteenth century. Skilled workers such as binders, silversmiths, goldsmiths, and engravers have brought to light one of the most valuable books of the Florentine period. It was reproduced in a limited edition of only 550 numbered copies.

This lovely facsimile is accompanied by an additional volume with lovely illustrations and a detailed history of the family, marriage, and 15th century techniques used to produce this book.
Price: $ 11,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 108859

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) Pächt, Otto and J.J.G. Alexander ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY OXFORD 1: GERMAN, DUTCH, FLEMISH, FRENCH AND SPANISH SCHOOLS.
Oxford Clarendon Press 1966 4to. cloth, dust jacket xvi, 108 pages, with plates
First volume in the Bodleian's "Illuminated Manuscripts" series. A bibliography of illuminated manuscripts held by the Bodleian Library as noted in the title. Color frontispiece. 906 entries. Concordance of Bodleian shelf-marks, indices of other manuscripts cited, dated or datable manuscripts, texts and authors, illuminators and scribes, persons (mainly owners), coats of arms, and places. List of illustrations. 66 pages of black and white plates. Bookplate on front pastedown. Dust jacket fading and slightly torn at edges.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 109449

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(Illuminated manuscripts) Pächt, Otto and J.J.G. Alexander ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY OXFORD 3: BRITISH, IRISH, AND ICELANDIC SCHOOLS.
Oxford The Clarendon Press 1973 4to. cloth, dust jacket xiv, 167+(1) pages, with plates
Volume 3 in the Bodleian's "Illuminated Manuscripts" series. Bibliography of the Bodleian Library's collection of British, Irish, and Icelandic manuscripts, including addenda to volumes I and II. 1346 entries. Color frontispiece. Preface, table of contents, list of abbreviations. Concordance of Bodleian shelf-marks. Indices of other manuscripts and printed books cited, datable manuscripts, texts and authors, persons (mainly owners), coats of arms, mottoes. and places. List of illustrations. 120 pages of black and white plates. Bookplate on front pastedown. Dust jacket lightly faded and slightly torn at edges.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 109450

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