ISBN: 9780892369430 - the prayer book of charles the bold: a study of a flemish masterpiece from the burgundian court (getty distribution) (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. DE SCHRYVER, Antoine. The Prayer Book of Charles the Bold. A study of a Flemish masterpiece from the Burgundian Court. 310pp., illustrated in colour and black and white. A very good hardback copy in dust-wrapper. 8vo. The J. Paul Getty Museum. 2007.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Hard cover with unclipped dust jacket, both in very good condition. Light shelf and handling wear, including minor tanning and creasing to DJ edges. Boards are in fine condition, pages tightly bound, and content 'as unread'. Wonderfully illustrated within, colours vibrant and true. CN. Used. …

Zustand: Sehr gut. 1. publ. 310 S. zahlr. Ill. OLn. mit OSchU. Umschlag leicht berieben, Buchdeckel etwas an den Kanten bestoßen, sonst sehr guter Zustand. Getty Museum monographs on illuminated manuscripts.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 8vo (25 cm), 310 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). "In January 1469, the accounts of Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy record a payment to the scribe Nicolas Spierinc for having written "some prayers for my lord." Seven months later, the same accounts note a payment to the illuminator Lievin van Lathem for twenty-five miniatures plus borders and decorated initials in the same manuscript. In this seminal study, the late Antoine de Schryver argues that the documents refer to the prayer book of Charles the Bold now in the J. Paul Getty Museum (Ms. 37)—one of Charles's most splendid commissions from the greatest era of Netherlandish Burgundian book painting. De Schryver's in-depth research opens a window onto the careers of Van Lathem family members, who served three rulers of the Burgundian Netherlands over forty years, and Nicolas Spierinc, the most inventive and brilliant scribe of Charles's court. This volume reproduces all of the book's miniatures and some of its elegant calligraphic pages." (from the publisher's synopsis).…