Book of Hours in Late Mediaeval Art and Life by Wieck, Roger S.; Poos, Lawrence R.; Reinberg, Virginia; Plummer, John - 1988

Sotheby's Publications, 1988 4to (28.5 cm), 230 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Books of Hours are the most famous illuminated manuscripts. These enchantingly decorated books of private devotion have entranced collectors for centuries. The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life is the result of an examination by Roger Wieck, Senior Curater at the Walters Art Gallery, of a thousand manuscript Books of Hours in American and European collections. He considers who used these manuscripts in the Middle Ages, why, when and how. Chapters by Lawrence Poos, Assistant Professor of History at the Catholic University of America and Virginia Reinberg, of Boston College, place Books of Hours in the social context of daily life in the fifteenth Century. Roger Wieck investigates how the manuscripts were assembled and takes the reader through each of the various sections and components oí a Book of Hours, describing and explaining their beautiful but often enigmatic illustrations. Finally,… Read More

Sotheby's Publications, 1988-12-31. Paperback. Very Good. in x in x in. Clean tight illustrated hardcover in jacket. A very good book in a very good dust jacket.

London : Sotheby, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 230 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-229) and index.Mainly in English, with some Latin. Subject; Books of hours. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval. Livres d'heures.

Sotheby's Publications. Very Good. 0856673579. Hardback copy, 1988, with dustjacket, bright clean copy, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1988. Paperback.