Lot no. 175
The Croy Prayer Book. Facsimile of the manuscript Cod. 1858 in the Austrian National Library. 2 vols. (facs. and comm.) With numerous colour illustrations. Lucerne, Faksimile Verlag, 1993. 183 vols. 8°. Blind-printed paperback with gold mount. Vignette and clasps in cloth. Slipcase. HLdr. with mont. RSchild (comm.)
One of 980 copies numbered in Arabic. - The manuscript was produced for the noble family of the court of Habsburg-Burgundy by the masters Gerard Horenbout and Simon Bening of the Ghent-Bruges school. It contains numerous rich illuminations with animal, plant and figurative motifs. - A very good copy.
2 vols. (facs. and comm.) With numerous colour illustrations. Blind embossed boards with gilt mounted vignette and clasps in slipcase. Half leather with monunted spine label. - One of 980 copies numbered in Arabic. - The manuscript was produced for the noble family of the court of Habsburg-Burgundy by the masters Gerard Horenbout and Simon Bening of the Ghent-Bruges school. It contains numerous rich illuminations with animal, plant and figurative motifs. - A very good copy.
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