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The Illuminated Calendar and Home Diary for 1846. From the "Hours" of the Duke of Anjou, King of Sicily and Jerusalem. Now in the Bibliotheque Royale, Paris

$ 90.91

Unpaginated [60 pp]. Complete, re-cased sympathetically. Light cloth blocked in gilt, blue and red to upper board and in blind to lower. All edges gilt. Marks, heavier to lower board, though also present with rubbing to edges of upper board and light wear to corners. Short closed tear to ffep and very minor splitting to the front endpapers. Foxing, mostly around edges of leaves. Beautifully decorated pages, hand coloured, with 3 pages per month. The manuscript from which the illuminated calendar for 1846 is reproduced was probably produced in 1380 and has been selected here as it offers a beautiful example of a style of art very different from that of the "hours" of Ann of Brittany, which formed the calendar for 1845. The work opens with a preface, followed by a 4-page history of the House of Anjou, with some remarks on their patronage of illuminators. Humphreys was a master of illumination in the Victorian age. 28cms tall, 19.5 cms wide. Title: The Illuminated Calendar and Home Diary for 1846. From the "Hours" of the Duke of Anjou, King of Sicily and Jerusalem. Now in the Bibliotheque Royale, Paris Author Name: [HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel] Location Published: London, Longman and Co. 1846: 1846 Binding: Gilt Decorated Cloth Book Condition: Very Good Size: Narrow 4to Categories: Illustrated, Dictionaries and Reference, Decorative Arts Book number: 76371 Keywords: almanack, calendar, devotional, diary, facsimile, feast days, hours, illuminated, manuscript, medieval
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