In medieval Paris, Marguerite helps her nearly blind father finish painting an illuminated manuscript for his patron, Lady Isabelle. 46 color illustrations.
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In medieval Paris, Marguerite helps her nearly blind father finish painting an illuminated manuscript for his patron, Lady Isabelle. 46 color illustrations.
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HARDCOVER G-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Oversized.
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Hewitt, Kathryn (illustrator) Very Good in Very Good jacket. 9.5 x 11.25. Book and dust jacket have minor wear, binding tight, no writing, when Papa Jacques has trouble finishing a commissioned book for Lady Isabelle, his daughter Marguerite steps in and helps with the illuminations, color illustrations.
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Hewitt, Kathryn. Fine in Fine jacket. 9 x 11. Tells what happens when young Marguerite, daughter of the most famous manuscript illuminator in paris, discovers she is going to help create Lady Isabelle's book. Colorful adventure about bookmaking set in medieval Paris. Prior owner's (neat) bookplate on inside front cover.
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Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 4to. Photograph available on request. Illustrated in black, white and color by Kathryn Hewitt. Very scarce in this condition.
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New. It is Paris in the 1400s. A young girl named Marguerite delights in assisting her father, Jacques, in his craft: illuminating manuscripts for the nobility of France. His current commission is a splendid book of hours for his patron, Lady Isabelle, but will he be able to finish it in time for Lady Isabelle's name day? Illustrator(s): Hewitt, Kathryn. Num Pages: 48 pages, 46 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AJ; YFT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 240 x 288 x 11. Weight in Grams: 490. 2006. Illustrated. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
We see Paris 1400 from above and zoom down into an artists's house near Notre Dame. There we meet Marguerite, the book illuminator's daughter, who shows us the steps of making a manuscript book as she saves her aging father from the mean André. A glossary of technical terms explains everything from apothecary to vermilion.
