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GRAND COFFRET À LIVRE D'HEURE En cuir et âme de bois, pentures de fers, co

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LARGE TIMEBOOK BOX In leather and wood core, iron hinges, hinged lid and hasp lock. Lateral metal fasteners. It reveals under the flap a rare print, produced from a woodcut about the Arrest of Christ: colored print in red, orange, blue and green (230 x 163 mm, wear, small accidents).
French work from the end of the 15th century or the beginning of the 16th century.
H. 14,5 cm - W. 21 cm - D. 30,5 cm
(Numerous accidents and missing pieces, including a hasp)
NOTE ON THE ESTAMPE This image, of great rarity, is inspired by the great Passion of the National Library engraved in the workshop of the Master of Anne de Bretagne.
There is only one other version almost identical to ours: the one kept in the Bibliothèque Nationale (BnF. Est. Rés. Ea 5h. Lemoisne
CXVII), it is also contained in a box.