Oct 11, 2012 - Sale 2289

Sale 2289 - Lot 242

Unsold
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
(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