THE ROHAN BOOK OF HOURS.Bibliotheque Nationale Paris ( MS. LATIN 9471) - FACSIMILE by ROHAN BOOK OF HOURS - RARE LIMITED FACSIMILE EDITION - ONE OF ONLY 55 COPIES - 1974

London: The Arcadia Press, 1974. Limited Edition . Original Full Vellum. Fine. 4to. Introduction by Millard Meiss. Introduction and commentaries by Marcel Thomas. PREFACE TO THIS LIMITED EDITION BY THE DUKE OF ROHAN. LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 55 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 15. (only 50 copies were for trade). Preface by the DUKE OF ROHAN AND SIGNED BY HIM ON THE TITLE PAGE. The original early Renaissance "Book of Hours" was named "Grandes Heures de Rohan" (or "Rohan Hours") after the ROHAN FAMILY, as their coat of arms appears in the manuscript. The ROHAN FAMILY is one of the great families of the European nobility with traces going back to the 12th century. The anonymous distinctive artist of the manuscript, named ROHAN MASTER, earned himself a place as one of the greatest manuscript illuminators of the early Renaissance. - SUPERB DECORATIVE BINDING BY ZAEHNSDORF. IN FULL VELLUM WITH GOLD AND FINE COLOURS. Size of binding :21 x 30 x 3,5 cm. - A FINE COPY EXTREMELY CLEAN AND FRESH. A LUXURIOUS BIBLIOPHILE RARE PRODUCTION practically not on the market.