Les heures d'Anne de Bretagne : Bibliothèquenationale (manuscrit latin 9474) / Texte par Émile Mâle ... Légendes par Edmond Pognon
1946, First Edition. Paris : Éditions Verve. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #275509
Provenance; from the library of Terras Ignotias Henri Malo Ad Investigandas. Series; Verve : revue artistique et littéraire directeur: Tériade ; Vol. IV, nos. 14 et 15. Physical description; [9]-23, [2] p, [30] mounted plates : ill., front. (col.) ; 36 cm. Notes; Colored illustration mounted on cover. Illustration attributed to Jean Poyet until 1868, when newly discovered documents proved it the workof Jean Bourdichon. cf. p. 9-10. Subjects; Anne of Brittany, Queen, consort of Louis XII, King of France (1476-1514). Books of hours Illumination of books and manuscripts — Specimens. Plants in art.
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