Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362

Sale 2362 - Lot 28

Price Realized: $ 8,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(CATHOLIC LITURGY.) Hore beate marie virginis secu[n]dum usum Romanum. fifteen half-page miniatures in colors and gold, apparently supplied entirely by hand; 1- and 2-line initials in gold on blue or orange ground throughout; [96] leaves. Roman type, 24 lines. Ruled in red throughout. printed on vellum. 8vo, 113x75 mm, 18th-century red morocco gilt, faint scratches on covers; title soiled; occasional marginal discoloration, 2 small portions missing from outer margin of F4 and crudely restored, blue ink stain in upper outer corner of I4r. Paris: Germain Hardouyn, [calendar dated 1529-45]

Additional Details

Scarce small-format Book of Hours. Bohatta 1141.