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Louisa of Savoy, mother of Francis I

Identifier: bibliographicala02dibd (find matches)
Title: A bibliographical, antiquarian and picturesque tour in France and Germany
Year: 1821 (1820s)
Authors: Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847
Subjects: Libraries Libraries Bibliography Literary journeys Literary journeys
Publisher: London : Shakespeare Press
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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t tone—from a profusion of tender touchesof a grey tint, in the architectural parts of the orna-ments—struck me as among the most pleasing speci-mens of the kind I had ever seen. The gilding, in manyof the subjects, seems to have been retouched. Thelatter and larger illuminations have occasionally greatpower of effect, from their splendid style of execution—especially that in which the central compartment isoccupied by St. George and the Dragon. Some of thesmaller illuminations, in which an Angel is shewingthe cruelties about to be inflicted on the wicked, bydemons, are terrific little bits! As for the vellum, itis de toute beaute. This book affords evidence thatthey began to have something of a bibliomaniacal feel-ing after the fury of the Revolution had a little subsided.HiSTORiA Beat^ Mari^ Virginis. Folio. Thisis briefly described in the printed catalogue, under num-ber 6811. It is a large and splendid folio, in a veryfine state of preservation; but of which the art is, upon
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Cxuri de. W.T.Fry sc ■■rrom an iHMmiiniatedL M S . iira the Royal Ljlbrary at JPa,ris , fullus-htAfor cheRev^T.F.Dihdin,. ISZl. Trineed/ by Lnhee-. ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS. 187 the whole, of the ordinary and secondary class ofmerit. Yet it is doubtless a volume of great interestand curiosity. Even to English feelings, it will begratifying to observe in it the portrait of Louisa ofSavoy, mother of Francis I. That illustrious lady issitting, in a chair, surrounded by her attendants; andis in all probabihty a copy from the life. I could notresist the impulse of getting a fac-simile of this repre-sentation of her made by M. Coeure ; who has reallyperformed his task with equal felicity and effect. I amsure you will be pleased with it, and so I send it you.*The performance is a metrical composition, in stanzasof eleven verses. I select the opening lines, becausethey relate immediately to the portrait in question. €rcj9f tutWmtt iHu^trc ^ magnificqiie f leur tie iioblc^^c cjrqui^c ct r

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  • bookdecade:1820
  • bookcentury:1800
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  • booksubject:Libraries
  • booksubject:Bibliography
  • booksubject:Literary_journeys
  • bookpublisher:London___Shakespeare_Press
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