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[FACSIMILE] - Libro de horas de Luis de Orleans Barcelona Moleiro 2001 Facsimile edition of the book of hours of Louis of Orléans, the original of which is housed in the National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg, under reference ”Lat Q. v. I. 126”. Size : 14,7 x 21,5 cm, 232 pp, Bound in violet velvet (tiny stains) with leather case. Limited edition of 987 copies, n° 355. This extraordinary book of hours, created around 1490, is the work of the master painter Jean Colombe and his atelier. The illuminations in this tiny manuscript are quite exceptional. The elaborate layout of its illustrations with sumptuous floral margins, especially in the biblical cycle, is a rare trait in most books of hours. The marginalia is often divided into sections with grotesques, birds, animals and other motifs