Estimate € 1,500 - 2,500
Sold € 1,400
Auction: 21 September 2022 at 15:00
Le ore Medici Rothschild. Ms. 16. Modena: Panini, 2011. A reproduction of the Book of Hours commissioned for Lorenzo de Medici's daughter, Maddalena, on the occasion of her wedding with Franceschetto Cybo, son of Pope Innocent VIII. The codex was created between 1485 and 1488 by a group of Florentine illuminators among which Mariano des Buono stands out. The manuscript is now part of the Rothschild collections at Waddesdon Manor . (152 x 95mm). Copy no. 213 of 400. Detailed colour reproduction of the original codex. Red velvet binding with gilt and silver metal decorations and enamels. Within a leather editorial box. With a volume of commentary.
Estimate € 1,500 - 2,500