La Vie de Nostre Benoit Sauveur Ihesuscrist & La Saincte Vie de Nostre Dame

by Millard Meiss, Elizabeth Beateson

$85 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

First edition

New York: New York University Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXXVI + 186pp. Original glassine jacket over red cloth with gold lettering on front board and spine. Fascinating reprint of the famous French manuscript from the 15th century, depicting the lives of Jesus Christ and his mother, Mary. This work is profusely illustrated with 16 full page b/w facsimiles of illuminations. Minor chipping and age-toning on

• Printing: later
• Binding: Hardcover

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