Description of a Very Beautiful Book of Hours Illuminated Probably by Hans Memling and Gérard David Now in the Possesion of George C. Thomas
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Printed for private circulation, 1908 Cloth-backed portfolio, 4to (31.5 x 24.5 cm), 20 pp pamphlet, 11 plates (the paper of the covers slightly warped, the first and last pages of the pamphlet separated with the first having a small tear, foxing on one plate, a note in pencil on the front pastedown, back cover without a pastedown). This privately published description presents an uncommon account of a Book of Hours now recognized as the Da Costa Book of Hours, likely crafted around 1515 in Bruges by Simon Bening and his workshop for a member of the Portuguese Sá (Saa) family of Porto. In 1905, Quaritch published a special catalog for this manuscript and subsequently sold the book to George C. Thomas of Philadelphia, who reprinted the study. In 1910, J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) acquired the book from Thomas's heir. The manuscript is currently housed in the Morgan Library as MS M.399. See also Christopher de Hamel's chapter on Bella de Costa Greene in "The Manuscripts Club."
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008879
- Title
- Description of a Very Beautiful Book of Hours Illuminated Probably by Hans Memling and Gérard David Now in the Possesion of George C. Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for private circulation
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1908
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography; Art; Illuminated manuscripts;
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Biblio member since 2019
Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...