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Oeuvre de Jehan Foucquet. Heures de Maistre Estienne Chevalier. Texte restitué par M. L'Abbé Delaunay. Vol. I - II
by FOUQUET, Jean
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
Paris: L. Curmer, 1866 2 parts in 2 volumes, 4to (29.5 cm), [15] ff, 214, [7] pp; [2] ff, X, [2], XII, 168 pp, [46] ff, 24, [2], 42, [18] pp. Contemporary maroon morocco, raised bands, gilt-lettered spines, gilt double fillets on the boards' edges, marbled endpapers, gilt doublure dentelles, top edge gilt (minor shelf-wear). The first part is a book of hours illustrated with a lithographic facsimile of miniatures from The Hours of Étienne Chevalier, commissioned by Étienne Chevalier, treasurer to King Charles VII of France, from the miniature painter and illuminator Jean Fouquet (ca. 1420-1481). The second part (published in 1867) includes a biography of the artist, an essay on his portrait of Pope Eugene IV, and notes on the miniatures of the Hours. Published by Léon Curmer, printed in Chromolithographie Lemercier in 550 copies for subscribers, which included Napoleon III, Pope Pius IX, and Emperor Alexander II of Russia. A fine copy of a luxurious book produced in mid-nineteenth-century Paris based on the luxurious book of the mid-fifteenth century.
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
(PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006252
- Title
- Oeuvre de Jehan Foucquet. Heures de Maistre Estienne Chevalier. Texte restitué par M. L'Abbé Delaunay. Vol. I - II
- Author
- FOUQUET, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- L. Curmer
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1866
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography; Art; Illuminated manuscripts;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Biblio member since 2019
Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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