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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS -- BIBBIA DI BORSO D'ESTE, La. Riprod. integrale promossa e cur. da G.T. degli Alfieri con documenti e studio storico-artistico di A. Venturi. Bergamo, 1961. 2 vols. Tog. c. 1300 pp., incl 12 lvs. reproduced in colour and gold under tissue guards. Lge-fol. Or. full dark red grained mor., spines raised in compartments, front sides ruled in gilt along borders and with metal plaque of Este arms in the centre, t.e.g. W. the or. red velvet covered slipcases.
This facsimile edition of the Bible of Borso d'Este is a two volume manuscript of illuminated miniatures executed between 1455 and 1461 by a team of Renaissance artists directed by Taddeo Crivelli and Franco dei Russi. In 1923, the businessman Giovanni Treccani acquired in Paris, for the enormous sum of 5 million lire, the Borso d'Este Bible, that was due to be sold in America, and donated it to the Kingdom of Italy. In very good condition. Shipping may require extra postage.€ 200
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