THE ART OF ILLUMINATION: The Limbourg Brothers and the Belle Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry by Husband, Timothy B - 2008

New York: The Metropolian Museum of Art, 2008. Hardcover. VG (Boards are lightly edgeworn; interior is clean; binding is solid.)/VG (DJ is lightly edgeworn.). Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine; blue DJ with color illustration and black, red and white lettering; xii, 376 pp.; richly illustrated. "One of the most lavishly illustrated codices of the Middle Ages, the Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry (ca. 1405-1408/9), is the only manuscript with miniatures executed entirely by the famed Limbourg brothers. Commissioned by its royal patron, this richly illuminated Book of Hours, intended for private devotion and now housed in The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, belonged to the duke's large collection of prized possessions" "In this volume, the Limbourgs provided the customary components of a Book of Hours, including readings from the Gospels and prayers to the Virgin. The Belles Heures, however, was elevated to unprecedented heights by the addition of seven "picture book"… Read More

Nww York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2008. xii, 376p., colored illus., dj, large quarto format.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket/Very Good. Clean, bright pages; no owners' marks; the full red cloth cover shows only a very slight bow to the rear board and a tiny spot of fraying at the spine heel; dust jacket bears shallow crimps and edge chips at corners and spine ends, but is otherwise excellent, now protected in a clear sleeve. Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 2008-2010.

Hardback with dust jacket no edtion stated, VG overall

Museum; Yale University Press. New. 2008. Hardcover. 0300136714 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- Corresponds to ISBN: 9780300136715. Text in English. 388 pp. With 383 ills. (378 col. ). 30 x 25 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- .