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The Hours of Catherine of Cleves
by PLUMMER, John (introduction)
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: George Braziller, Inc, n.y.. Hardcover. 8vo. Faux vellum paper over boards with gilt spine lettering and front board device, slipcase with paper label. 359pp. Extensive full-page color plates. Near fine/near fine. Tiniest smudge on title page. Handsome undated later printing of this 1960 edition, almost all of its 160 gorgeously calligraphed, rubricated and illuminated leaves face-to-face with Plummer's learned commentary. The Dutchess of Guelders (1417-79) commissioned this most glorious example of a Boof of Hours in 1430 and it's considered one of the greatest of northern European illuminated manuscripts, now owned by the Morgan Library.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49948
- Title
- The Hours of Catherine of Cleves
- Author
- PLUMMER, John (introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Braziller, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- n.y.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Religion;
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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