The Hours of Catherine of Cleves
by Plummer, John (intrduction and commentaries)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Not Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0807614920
- ISBN 13
- 9780807614921
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: George Braziller Inc., 1966. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, bound in off-white faux vellum and housed in original publisher's slipcase with color paste-down labels affixed. 359 pages. Appendices, including a selective bibliography. With an introduction and commentaries by John Plummer. Profusely illustrated with color facsimiles reproduced from the Illuminated Manuscript belonging to the Guennol Collection and the The Pierpont Morgan Library. First edition thus (1966). "This book of hours contains the usual offices, prayers and litanies in Latin, along with supplemental texts..." No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy in slipcase. Near fine in a near fine box. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019491
- Title
- The Hours of Catherine of Cleves
- Author
- Plummer, John (intrduction and commentaries)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0807614920
- ISBN 13
- 9780807614921
- Publisher
- George Braziller Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Illustrated Manuscript Facsimiles, 15th Century books, Book of Hours
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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. ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...