Lot no. 168
The Bedford Book of Hours. Facsimile of the MS. Add. 18850 in the British Library in London. 2 vols. (facs. and comm.) With numerous illustrations, some gilt. Lucerne, Faksimile Verlag, 2006. 295 vols. 4°. Red velvet with gold clasps and gilt edges. Comm. red velvet with mounted title. R-title. Together in perspex slipcase. (Slipcase with scratches.) 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 splendidly 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. 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.) - 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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14163 Berlin - Germany
04/26/2025
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