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‘The Master of Mary of Burgundy’, and Inglis, Eric (commentary).
The Hours of Mary of Burgundy.
Publisher: Harvey Miller, London;
Date of Publication: 1995
Stock Code: 12997
Octavo, pp., [8], 189, 80. Photographic manuscript facsimile, commentary to end. Original publisher’s black cloth on boards, titles printed in white to spine. In original pictorial jacket and cardboard slipcase. Shelfwear to slipcase, with a very small tear to foredge of upper panel. Jacket and binding fresh and bright. Gift stamp to title page, contents otherwise clean, bright and without visible flaws or imperfections. A Very Good copy in Near-fine binding and jacket, and Good slipcase. Originally published in 1994 by German facsimilist Akademische Druk und Verlagsanstalt, as number 3 in their ‘Glanzlichter der Brucknurst’ series. The original manuscript, produced in 1477, was a dramatic and revolutionary illuminated volume, one of the finest works of Flemish illumination. This volume was produced from the only copy of the manuscript, Codex Vindobonensis 1857, at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. £90.00