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POST-INCUNABULUM. — Hore sacrosancte virginis Marie secundum…
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POST-INCUNABULUM. — Hore sacrosancte virginis Marie secundum…
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Estimate €2,000 - €2,500
Voluntary lot
Description
POST-INCUNABULUM. — Hore sacrosancte virginis Marie secundum usum Romanum. Paris, printed by Thielman Kerver for Gilles Remacle, 9 February 1505. Small, narrow 12mo, 11.6 x 5.2 cm, (2) blank leaves, 72 handwritten folios a6–m6, (2) blank leaves, brown morocco, extensive blind-stamped decoration (Binding imitating 16th-century styles, signed Gruel).
Renouard, ICP, I, 1505, 100.
A rare post-incunabulum edition of this charming book of hours, printed on vellum and illustrated with Kerver’s mark at the top (Renouard 499) and 18 small woodcuts.
A fine print in Gothic type, in red and black, with ornate initials in blue and red and gold decoration.
This edition differs in its typographical composition from the in-8 edition of the same date.
Two corners slightly worn.
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