1887 EXQUISITE Book of Hours & Prayers Medieval Manuscript Chromolithograph ART
A rare and extremely desirable 19th-century edition of ‘Heures du Moyen Age’ . This 1887 printing is made completely into chromolithographs and inspired by medieval manuscripts, each page beautifully decorated with flowers, knights in armor, and dragons! The masterful pages were done by the son of Franco-German lithographer Godefroy Engelmann (with the same name), who is credited with bringing chromolithographic practices to France.
Item number: #24811
Price: $950
Liturgical prayers
Heures du moyen âge
Paris: Gruel et Engelmann, 1887.
Details :
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [2], CXCII numbered chromolithograph pages (i.e., 192)
· Language: French and Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
o Includes two functioning clasps
· Size: ~6.5in X 5.5in (16.5cm x 14cm)
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