Haussherr - La Bible Moralisée (Codex Vindobonensis 2554) - 1973

The Moralized Bible
1973 Graz - Paris, 1973, printed by the presses of Akademische Druck-U Verlaganstalt (Graz) for CLUB DU LIVRE (Paris), from the "Musée du Livre" collection, 2 volumes, large quarto. Volume I contains 72 unnumbered pages, bound in publisher's full cloth; it includes a study by Reiner Haussherr, and the transcription of the manuscript text by Marthe Dulong, as well as tables and bibliography (all in French and German).
Volume 2 contains vii-94 pages, bound in publisher's full leather; it is adorned on the boards with a cold-embossed decorative frame, and gathers the color and life-size reproduction, all the pages of this very beautiful manuscript, namely 131 plates in gold and in color.
Under slipcase; packaging in good condition; the books in very good condition.
Format 38 x 28 cm