Lot 230 Das Bedford Stundenbuch. …

Das Bedford Stundenbuch. Faksimile des MS. Add. 18850 in der British Library in London. 2 Bd. (Faks. u. Komm.) Mit zahlreichen tls. vergoldeten Abbildungen. Luzern, Faksimile Verlag, 2006. 295 Bll. 4°. Roter Samt mit goldenen Schließen und Goldschnitt. Komm. roter Samt mit mont. RTitel. Zusammen in Plexiglas Schuber. (Schuber mit Kratzspuren und kleiner Fehlstelle.)

Buchwesen - Faksimileausgaben – Eins von 980 arabisch nummerierten Exemplaren. - Aus der Werkstatt des Pariser Bedfod Malers stammend wird das Bedford Stundenbuch oft als eines der am prachtvollsten illuminierten Manuskripte des 15. Jahrhunderts angesehen. Die Handschrift wurde von dem Herzog von Bedford für seine Frau Anne von Burgund in den Auftrag gegeben. - Insgesamt sehr gut erhaltenes Exemplar.

Books on Books - Facsimile Editions – 2 vols. (facs. and comm.) With numerous illustrations, some gilt. Red velvet with gold clasps and gilt edges. Comm. red velvet with mounted spine title. Together in plexiglass slipcase. (Slipcase with scratches and small missing part.) - One of 980 copies numbered in Arabic. - From the workshop of the Parisian Bedfod painter, the Bedford Book of Hours is often regarded as one of the most magnificently illuminated manuscripts of the 15th century. The manuscript was commissioned by the Duke of Bedford for his wife Anne of Burgundy. - Overall a very well-preserved copy.

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