. Jean Bourdichon Les Heures D'Anne de Bretagne (Vol IV, No 14 & 15). Editions Verve, Paris, 1946.
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Description: The book is bright with a few marks, binding a little strained. The dj is torn , mainly to the spine ; the panels are largely intact with slight sunning . A good working copy. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United Kingdom
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 23, (3)pp., 31 tipped-in color plates. Text illus. Folio. Buckram.
Seller: Ars Libri, Ltd. (ABAA), Charlestown, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$77.96 + shipping
Description: OPbd. mit illustriertem Schutzumschlag, Jean Bourdichon Les heures d'Anne de Bretagne, Texte par Emile Male, Legendes par Edmond Pognon, 30 montierte farbige Tafeln, 35,5 x 26,5 cm, Umschlag mit einem Einriss am Rücken, ansonsten altersgemäß guter Zustand, dust jacket with closed tear at spine, apart from that age-appropriate good condition, 1. Aufl. 1170 gr.
Seller: Galerie Valentien GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
Price: US$80.63 + shipping
Description: Folio, 25pp of text with black and white illustrations, plus 30 tipped-in colour plates. A very good hardback copy in pale blue paper wraps with gold embossed lettering and colour plate to front cover. Wraps are moderately worn with some minor fraying to extremities. . The illustrations of the Book of Hours by the 15th century artist, Bourdichon, in this publication are particularly bright and vivid.
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
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Description: In-folio, 24 pp. + XXX ff. de reproductions + 5 ff.n.ch. de textes explicatifs interfolliés, broché, jaquette bleue rempliée illustrée. Les reproductions en couleurs, sur vignettes contrecollées, sont comme toujours chez cet éditeur, de grande qualité, qq usures aux coiffes de la jaquette avec petits manques, petite entaille au centre du dos jaquette, qq rares rousseur in-texte, sinon exemplaire bien frais, bon état, couverture plastique offerte
Seller: librairie ESKAL, Douarnenez, France
Price: US$94.67 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of Terras Ignotias Henri Malo Ad Investigandas. Series; Verve : revue artistique et littéraire directeur: Tériade ; Vol. IV, nos. 14 et 15. Physical description; [9]-23, [2] p, [30] mounted plates : ill., front. (col.) ; 36 cm. Notes; Colored illustration mounted on cover. Illustration attributed to Jean Poyet until 1868, when newly discovered documents proved it the workof Jean Bourdichon. cf. p. 9-10. Subjects; Anne of Brittany, Queen, consort of Louis XII, King of France (1476-1514). Books of hours Illumination of books and manuscripts Specimens. Plants in art. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$101.35 + shipping
Description: Texte par Emile Mâle, légendes par Ed. Pognon. In folio, 26 pages.- 30 planches. Cartonnage éditeur bleu clair illustré d'une vignette. Frontispice et 50 planches en couleurs collées sur papier fort. Volume IV, numéros 14 et 15 de la revue Verve réalisée par Draeger.
Seller: Librairie la Devinière, Montmerle sur Saone, France
Price: US$112.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of Terras Ignotias Henri Malo Ad Investigandas. Series; Verve : revue artistique et littéraire directeur: Tériade ; Vol. IV, nos. 14 et 15. Physical description; [9]-23, [2] p, [30] mounted plates : ill., front. (col.) ; 36 cm. Notes; Colored illustration mounted on cover. Illustration attributed to Jean Poyet until 1868, when newly discovered documents proved it the workof Jean Bourdichon. cf. p. 9-10. Subjects; Anne of Brittany, Queen, consort of Louis XII, King of France (1476-1514). Books of hours Illumination of books and manuscripts Specimens. Plants in art. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Verve. Revue artistique et littéraire. Vol. IV, Nos. 14 et 15. , Paris, 1946. Hardbound folio (265 mm. x 355 mm.) with gilt lettered and decorated boards. Spine mildly faded and mild browning at small part of upper board. Former owner book plate to front fixed endpaper. 24 p. text + 30 mounted, coloured plates with separate texts + coloured frontispiece + coloured vignette. Also black and white reproductions in the text. Printed by Draeger Frères in Paris. Text in French. The entire issue is dedicated to the illuminated Bretagne Book of Hours executed by Jean Bourdichon (1457-1521), and is illustrated with 32 tipped-in color plates of his miniature paintings for this manuscript. Upper corners of pages and boards bumped, In light blue cover wrappers with gilt lettering and mounted blue and gold pictorial on front cover, 4 iluminated gilt letters on rear cover. Cover has some splits to spine with light wear at spine ends and corners.
Seller: The Last Word, Wellington, New Zealand
Price: US$123.46 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Volume IV, numbers 14 & 15. Folio. Stiff card boards and an integral paper dust wrapper with an inset colour reproduction. Text (in French) by Emile Male. With a frontispiece and thirty-one splendid colour tipped-in plates, plus an additional twenty-eight black & white reproductions. Corners a little rubbed and creased, with a touch of fairly superficial chipping to the wrapper spine panel ends and several small areas of light miscellaneous staining to the rear board. A very good copy. Jean Bourdichon served as official court painter to four successive French kings: Louis XI, Charles VIII, Louis XII, and François I. As court painter, he designed stained glass windows, coins, and gold plate, illuminated manuscripts, and executed independent paintings. This issue of 'Verve' is devoted to illuminated manuscripts and reproduces Bourdichon's contributions to the Latin manuscript "Les Heures D'Anne De Bretagne", held at the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$142.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing, 1946. Blue dust jacket with gilt text and paste down color illustration on front, gilt designs on back panel; general shelf wear and mild age toning to edges. Interior pages are bright and fresh--like new-- tipped-in color plates from Les Heures D'Anne de Bretagne as well as beautiful b&w plates from the same medieval manuscript. An elegant presentation. Text is in French. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Unpaginated pages
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.