Cuaderno de Bocetos de Villard de Honnecourt de la Biblioteca Nacional de Francia, Ms Fr 19093
Publisher: Siloé, Arte y Bibliofilia
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Burgos [Spain]
Language: fro
Number of pages: 66
ISBN-13: 9788494645440
Subjects: Notebooks, sketchbooks; Medieval Architecture; Architecture; Early works to 1800; French Drawing; French Manuscripts; Facsimiles
Other titles: Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt; Album de dessins et croquis; Sketchbook of Villard de Honnecourt; Carnet de Villard de Honnecourt
Work titles: Album de Villard de Honnecourt
Description: Facsimile of the sketchbook/portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt, containing around 250 detailed drawings depicting insects, birds, dogs, and humans; religious figures; architecture, including details from the cathedrals at Chartres, Rheims, and Laon; church furnishings; and detailed diagrams of mechanical devices; along with written descriptions of technical procedures, mechanical devices, and suggestions on drawing humans and animals. The manuscript original was created circa 1220-1240.
Notes: Facsimile of a portfolio of 33 parchment leaves containing drawings produced in the early 13th century, with caption texts mainly in Picard dialect of Old French. The original is housed in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.

Title from Spanish notarial certificate affixed inside leather covering.

Facsimile bound in dark pigskin wrap-around cover; former and current ownership labels and stamps have also been reproduced.

Limited edition of 898 copies numbered in Arabic numerals; 89 additional copies not for sale numbered in Roman numerals. Signed and notarized by Juan Francisco Jiménez Martín, notary of the Colegio de Castilla y León, December 28, 2018.