Title: The Visconti Hours Author: Millard Meiss, Edith W. Kirsch Reprint 1972 Extract from the Introduction: I first saw part of the Visconti Hours early in 1947. Arriving at the Uffizi after a walk past the shattered buildings and the rubble of war, I entered the office of the Superintendent of Galleries, who put the manuscript, recently acquired by the city of Florence, in my hands. He wanted to still for a moment our talk of destruction, and he certainly succeeded. Turning the pages of this little known book, I was surprised and enchanted by its art. Not only was it unlike anything I had ever seen; it could not possibly have been predicted from the paintings that preceded it. Its marvelous extravagance seemed all the more impressive amidst the sobriety of Florentine art - but perhaps the giants of Michelangelo are really an extravagance of another kind. Condition: The book has blue boards with a gilt illustration on the front board and gilt lettering to the spine. The spine h