218. [Bible]. Moralized Bible of Naples. Barcelona, M. Molei - Lot 218

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218. [Bible]. Moralized Bible of Naples. Barcelona, M. Molei - Lot 218
218. [Bible]. Moralized Bible of Naples. Barcelona, M. Moleiro, 2011. In-folio (31 x 21 cm), [192] f., brown basane decorated with pastiche gilding, including the iron of Napoleon, gilt head, in a case decorated with gilding in the same spirit. Remarkable facsimile edition illustrated with 204 illuminations on gold background and limited to 987 numbered and notarized copies. Attached: its strong commentary volume in color, bound in a dust jacket (376 p.), written by Yves Christe (Honorary Professor, University of Geneva) and Marianne Besseyre (Curator at the Centre de recherche sur les manuscrits enluminés, BnF). This Bible moralisée de Naples written in French (ms. Fr. 9561 of the Bnf) and commissioned by Robert the Wise at the end of his reign was completed in the early 1350s under his granddaughter Jeanne. Case slightly rubbed, strong smell of leather, nice condition.
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