May 07, 2014 - Sale 2349

Sale 2349 - Lot 94

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT REFERENCE.) Les Très Riches Heures du Jean Duc de Berry. 2 volumes. Text volume with commentary by Raymond Cazelles. 4to, 1/4 gilt-lettered red calf over green silk boards * Facsimile volume. Color illustrations with gold and silver, printed by Mengis and Sticher in Lucerne. Thick 4to, original richly gilt leather with central coat of arms by Burkhardt of Zurich after the original design, bottom edges and tips scuffed, light unobtrusive spotting. Housed together in a clear acrylic case. number 271 of 980 copies of this faithful facsimile of the original manuscript, number 65, of the Musée Condé at Chantilly. Lucerne and New York, 1984