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René of Anjou ( 1409-1480) was the author of two allegorical works: a devotional dialogue, Le Mortifiement de vaine plaisance (The Mortification of Vain Pleasure, 1455), and a love quest, Le Livre du Cuer d'amours espris (The Book of the Love-Smitten Heart, 1457). Livre du Cuer fuses the conventions of Arthurian romance with an allegory of love based on the Romance of the Rose. Both works were exquisitely illustrated by his court painter, Barthélémy d'Eyck
This is a reproduction of some of the plates from a copy of the medieval text held in the state library in Vienna, and issued by Thames and Hudson UK in a numbered edition of 3000 in 1975.
Slipcased, this is number 1335. Almost as new, no marks noted, The reproduction of the medieval artwork is stunning.
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