The Rohan Book of Hours. Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris (MS. latin 9471)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0500231508
- ISBN 13
- 9780500231500
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
Thames & Hudson, 1970 4to (29.5 cm), 247 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt-lettered spine and gilt front cover, top edge gilt. In cloth slip-case with mounted reproduction from the text. A facsimile of the "Grandes Heures de Rohan", now Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS. Latin 9471, an illuminated manuscript painted by the anonymous artist known as the Rohan Master, probably between 1418 and 1425. The manuscript is decorated with 11 full page, 54 half page, and 227 small miniatures. Introduction by Millard Meiss. Introduction and commentary by Marcel Thomas.
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006258
- Title
- The Rohan Book of Hours. Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris (MS. latin 9471)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0500231508
- ISBN 13
- 9780500231500
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography; Art; Illuminated manuscripts;
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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