Title
Les heures du Chrestien, divisées en trois journées.
Coverage
Paris:
Publisher
Sébastien Martin,
Date
1654
Description
A specimen of a rare type of binding found in the seventeenth century, dubbed “plein or,” or full gilt, by Isabelle de Conihout and Pascal Ract Madoux (cf. Reliures françaises du XVIIe siècle, chefs d’oeuvre du musée Condé, p. 97), who mention having encountered merely fifteen examples. Characterized by dense and repeated clusters of small ‘filigree’ tools that adorn the entire board, this flamboyant style almost exclusively appears on devotional works, as is the case here, with a book of hours dedicated “à la Grande Mademoiselle,” namely Anne Marie Louise d’Orléans, first cousin of Louis XIV, and the greatest heiress of her day.
Source
From the Collection of Pat Snidvongs
Contributor
Jean Magnon.
Format
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