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Margaret B. Freeman; intro. James J. Rorimer.
The Belles Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry, Prince of France.
Published New York: The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1958.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; slip case and decorated boards, published without a dustjacket.
Printers: Draeger Frères, France; Spiral Press, New York; Meriden Gravure Co.; Russell-Rutter Co.
Size: 173x252x15mm.
Page count: text 24pp; plates 33pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the slipcase is quite discoloured with age and a bit grubby, its edges and corners frayed and split; the book itself looks in generally good order, its spine a little faded, previous owner’s name on the front endpaper, but elsewhere appears to be free of marking.

This item £15.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 461g.

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Contents:
Rorimer, Introduction;
Freeman, Description of the plates;
Plates: 32 illuminations selected from the manuscript.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: 1 monochrome and 32 colour plates
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: no

See also | Books of Hours | Illuminated manuscripts |
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