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Croy Prayer Book, The — Codex 1858
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The Croy Prayer Book. Codex 1858 of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. Facsimile, commentary and 2 documentation folders. 3 volumes. 20 x 14,5 cm. Brown leather band with rich blind embossing with gilded fittings, jewelry clasps and gold cut or OHalf leather band, with gold stamped title, together in Plexiglasschrauber (this rubbed). ==References====External links== One of 980 numbered copies (total edition: 1060). Facsimile of the Ghent-Brügger Prachtstundenbuch from the Austrian National Library in Vienna (Codex 1858). The prayer book, designed in the form of a book of hours, is equipped with 58 colourful miniatures by Gerard Horenbout and Simon Bening alongside a calendar, religious texts, prayers and devotions. ==References====External links== The manuscript was probably a lady at the Burgundian-Habsburg court in the 19th century. The work received its name from the patrician Guillaume de Croy, whose name is found in the manuscript. The cover is the original leather cover with rich roller and stamp printing from the workshop of the Brügger bookbinder Ludovicus Bloc (gest. ==References==
Commentary by Otto Mazal and Dagmar Thoss, in German and French. – Almost as new.
🎨Art & AntiquesFaksimile Verlag

Croy Prayer Book, The — Codex 1858

1993 Faksimile Verlag facsimile of Croy Prayer Book. 3 volumes. 20x14.5cm. Brown leather with blind tooling. No. 980/1060.

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500 €

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Lot Details

Lot #
1314
Currency
EUR
Location
Berlin, DE
Lot Ends
8 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
Auction Ends
8 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
Lots in Auction
388

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