Delaissé, L. M. J., Marrow & de Wit: The James Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor. Illuminated Manuscripts. Fribourg: Office du Livre, 1977. Series: The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon. 608pp., with 42 tipped-in colour plates and 432 monochrome illustrations. Cloth. 32 x 23.5cms. Finely illustrated and detailed catalogue. Arntzen, P19.
Finely illustrated and detailed catalogue. Arntzen, P19.
DELAISSE L. - J. MARROW - J. De WIT - Anthony Blunt ( General editor ) :
Reference : 14297
London / Fribourg , National Trust / Office du Livre , 1977, in-4°, 608 pp with numer. b/w ills. and 46 tipped-in coloured ills., index, ed. cloth with d.w., t.e.g., in slip case. Nice copy. In-depth codicological study of 26 late mediaeval western manuscripts from the 19th century collection of the Rothschild family. A monumental publication begun by Professor Delaissé and taken over after his death by James Marrow and Delaissé's pupil Johan de Wit. Among the studied manuscript are book of hours from Amiens, Bruges, Paris, Rouen, Tours, etc. and also the Statutes and Armorial of the Order of the Golden Fleece and a Parisian Missal of ca. 1500. (paleography).