The Book of Hours of Queen Anne of Brittany. Paris, Curmer, - Lot 76

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The Book of Hours of Queen Anne of Brittany. Paris, Curmer, - Lot 76
The Book of Hours of Queen Anne of Brittany. Paris, Curmer, 1841. Two volumes in-folio in full brown percaline. Smooth spine with false nerves, gilt title. Rubbing from use on the headpieces and along the spines. Some foxing on the edges. Clean inside. One volume of texts with list of subscribers, second volume including all the plates in chromolithography. All these plates are mounted on tabs. Copies not numbered. Superb reproductions in chromolithographs printed at 850 copies of the book of hours of Anne de Bretagne. The drawings of the surrounds are by Jean Poyet and represent the plants that the queen had cultivated in her garden at the Château de Blois.
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