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Printed for Presentation to the Members of The Roxburghe Club, Oxford. 1975. 4to, [x],33,[3]pp., title printed in red and black, with the book label of the Printer’s Library and a small stamp to verso of title, 50 facsimile plates (4 in full colour), orig. quarter red Roxburghe morocco, uncut, t.e.g. This handsome illuminated manuscript from Lord Beauchamp’s library at Madresfield Court is well described and illustrated. It is one of the small number of known Books of Hours made for English owners between 1240 and 1350 and Miss Backhouse has provided authoritative commentary on its history, text and decoration. |
