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Societe Francaise de Reproductions de Manuscrits a Peintures, Paris. 1923. First Edition, 4to, with the bookplate of C.H. St. John Hornby, 103pp., of text followed by 52 plates (some double-page), cont. buckram, leather label on spine, slightly rubbed, uncut. Matthias de Hunyad, surname Corvin, after the crow represented on his arms, became King of Hungary in 1458, and owned a magnificent collection of manuscripts. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum). |
