1875 Chromolithograph Renaissance Illumination Didot Spain Initial Design LOR1 OD2 Picasso's mistress

Picasso's mistress

This is an original 1943 black and white halftone print of a cityscape scene from the Ponte San Trovaso River in Venezia

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1875 Chromolithograph Renaissance Illumination Didot Spain Initial Design LOR1 OD2 Picasso's mistressThis is a rare original 1875 color chromolithograph that unites two beautifully illuminated Spanish manuscripts from the Renaissance period, which were located in the library of Ambroise Firmin Didot (part of the famous Didot publishing family in France). They were both Charters of Nobility, one for Juan Catao and the other for Augustin de Yturbe. The larger style of the decorations and initials is interesting in comparison to their finer Italian