This richly illuminated Book of Hours, commissioned at the very end of the 15th century by the great Isabelle d'Este (1474-1539) herself, was knocked down to a lucky buyer this summer by the London auction house Dreweatts for £421,600. A highly honourable score for an antique manuscript which might well not have topped...
This richly illuminated Book of Hours, commissioned at the very end of the 15th century by the great Isabelle d'Este (1474-1539) herself, was knocked…
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