Bergamo, Poligrafiche Bolis, 1961. 2 vols. 410 x 300mm. Plates in black and in color (the latter protected by tissue paper), editorial binding in red leather with studs in gilded silver with the arms of the Este family applied to the plates, spines with raised bands, with friezes and gold titles, endpapers in silk and cut head gold. Within original cases. Ex libris of Gilberto Bellastrada.
Specialist Notes
Facsimile of the miniature masterpiece, the Bible was created between 1455 and 1461 for Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. The mastery of illuminators such as Taddeo Crivelli and Franco dei Russi sanctions the definitive passage towards a fully Renaissance language, moving away from the elegant late-Gothic charms to affirm a vision that makes the rational understanding of the world the key to interpreting the existing world.
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