Isbn: 9780712349086 - the Masterpiece Reconstructed: the Hours of Louis Xii (8 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 27.5 x 19 cm. Quarto. 98pp. Light rubbing to bottom of cover.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Card Covers. Condition: Fine. 98 pages, illustrated. Original card covers. Very clean and bright throughout. Size: 19.5 x 28 cms. Category: Varied Books; Books on Books; Softcover Books; ISBN: 0712349081. ISBN/EAN: 9780712349086. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fine slim softback copy. Ex-owner's private bookplate affixed to front endpaper.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 280 x 195 mm. xiv, 98 pp. Issued in conjunction with the exhibition. With essays by Janey Backhouse, Thomas Kren, Nancy Turner and Mark Evans. Beautifully illustrated, mainly in colour. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 4to (27.5 cm), XIV, 98 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps. "The Hours of Louis XII is the stunning prayer book that Jean Bourdichon painted for the king of France, mostly likely on the occasion of his coronation in 1498. Bourdichon was the court painter to four successive French kings, including Louis and his predecessor, Charles VIII. The manuscript was originally illuminated with twelve large calendar miniatures and two dozen full-page miniatures, but by the seventeenth century the Hours of Louis XII had been dismembered so that the large miniatures could be enjoyed separately as individual paintings. In recent years sixteen of these images have been located, including the portrait of the king that served as the book's frontispiece. This catalogue, which accompanies an exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, to be held October 18, 2005-January 8, 2006, publishes the paintings together for the first time, along with a selection of other books illuminated by the artist, by his teacher Jean Fouquet, and by their contemporaries." (from the blurb).…

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