117. "Facsimile of the miniatures contained in the Grimani breviary" by François Zanotto and Louis de Mas Latrie, two volumes, French-Italian bilingual edition, Venice, 1880, with chromolithographs by Antoine Perini, general circulation of 100 copies
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117. "Facsimile of the miniatures contained in the Grimani breviary" by François Zanotto and Louis de Mas Latrie, two volumes, French-Italian bilingual edition, Venice, 1880, with chromolithographs by Antoine Perini, general circulation of 100 copies
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EUR 200
Not sold
33 x 27 cm
The original manuscript of the famous work generally known under its generic name "The Grimani Breviary" is preserved at the manuscript department of the National Marciana Library in Venice. The work was made to order and financed by the Venetian cardinal Domenico Grimani (1461-1523). This includes 120 miniatures with religious and secular subjects in the form of splendid engravings, some manually colored after printing. This copy is part of the anastatic edition published in an Italian and French bilingual version. The binding is that of a French publisher.
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