Null The Rohan Master: A Book of Hours (Bibliothèque Nationale Paris, M. S. Lati…

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The Rohan Master: A Book of Hours (Bibliothèque Nationale Paris, M. S. Latin 9471), ,247 pages with 127 facsimile plates, introduction by Millard Meiss, commentaries by Marcel Thomas, in English, translated from the French by Katherine W. Carson, gilt-stamped red cloth binding in illustrated cardboard slipcase, published by George Baziller New York 1973, with ex-libris stamp on front cover, binding minimally soiled, slipcase rubbed and with slightly bumped corners, 31 x 22 cm. Limit 50,-

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The Rohan Master: A Book of Hours (Bibliothèque Nationale Paris, M. S. Latin 9471), ,247 pages with 127 facsimile plates, introduction by Millard Meiss, commentaries by Marcel Thomas, in English, translated from the French by Katherine W. Carson, gilt-stamped red cloth binding in illustrated cardboard slipcase, published by George Baziller New York 1973, with ex-libris stamp on front cover, binding minimally soiled, slipcase rubbed and with slightly bumped corners, 31 x 22 cm. Limit 50,-

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