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Le livre d'heures de la reine Anne de Bretagne, translated from Latin and accompanied by unpublished notes by M. l'abbé Delaunay. Paris, Curmer, 1861. Two volumes. 22.5 by 32.5 cm. 477; 475-49 pages. Full contemporary brown Jansenist chagrin, 5 marked bands on boards, double cold framing of boards, double fillet on edges, wide and rich inner lace, green silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Binding signed PETIT, successor to SIMIER. Minor scuffing to boards, some superficial rubbing, otherwise very good condition. In volume 1, consisting solely of 477 chromolithographs, some paper slightly darkened in margins, not serious, and foxing on endpapers. In the text volume, scattered light foxing. Published by subscription at 850 copies, the work, with the chromolithographic reproduction of this exceptional book of hours, includes the list of subscribers, the French translation of the book of hours by Henri Delaunay in a layout with large ruled margins, accompanied by previously unpublished notes, a catalog of the plants represented in the illuminations, an index and a table of contents. 475 plants are identified and commented on... "Beautiful chromolithographic reproduction of the "Grandes heures d'Anne de Bretagne", one of the most famous and beautiful French illuminated manuscripts, commissioned by the queen from the Touraine illuminator Jean Bourdichon in the early years of the 16th century. This splendid manuscript, decorated with 49 large full-page miniatures and 337 marginal illuminations and frames featuring numerous vegetal motifs, is now kept at the BnF (Ms. lat. 9474)."

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Le livre d'heures de la reine Anne de Bretagne, translated from Latin and accompanied by unpublished notes by M. l'abbé Delaunay. Paris, Curmer, 1861. Two volumes. 22.5 by 32.5 cm. 477; 475-49 pages. Full contemporary brown Jansenist chagrin, 5 marked bands on boards, double cold framing of boards, double fillet on edges, wide and rich inner lace, green silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Binding signed PETIT, successor to SIMIER. Minor scuffing to boards, some superficial rubbing, otherwise very good condition. In volume 1, consisting solely of 477 chromolithographs, some paper slightly darkened in margins, not serious, and foxing on endpapers. In the text volume, scattered light foxing. Published by subscription at 850 copies, the work, with the chromolithographic reproduction of this exceptional book of hours, includes the list of subscribers, the French translation of the book of hours by Henri Delaunay in a layout with large ruled margins, accompanied by previously unpublished notes, a catalog of the plants represented in the illuminations, an index and a table of contents. 475 plants are identified and commented on... "Beautiful chromolithographic reproduction of the "Grandes heures d'Anne de Bretagne", one of the most famous and beautiful French illuminated manuscripts, commissioned by the queen from the Touraine illuminator Jean Bourdichon in the early years of the 16th century. This splendid manuscript, decorated with 49 large full-page miniatures and 337 marginal illuminations and frames featuring numerous vegetal motifs, is now kept at the BnF (Ms. lat. 9474)."

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