May 11, 2010 - Sale 2214

Sale 2214 - Lot 86

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 1,000
(HORAE B.M.V.) Hore b[ea]te marie virginis ad usu[m] ecclesie Sa[rum]. Latin and English text. Title within woodcut ornamental border, with large woodcut in 2 compartments showing the Holy Trinity above and pope and king outside cathedral below; 13 (of ?) large woodcut illustrations, mostly of Gospel scenes, including repeats. [8], 192 leaves; lacks N1.8, O[superscript]8, P1.8, and P2.7. Text printed in red and black throughout, on paper. 8vo, completely disbound; occasional severe marginal soiling, blank upper margin of title and blank corner of B8 restored, small hole in K4 affecting a few letters. London: Venundantur in cimiterio sancti pauli sub intersignio sancti Augustini, (Antwerp: Christopher Ruremunden, 14 May 1531)
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Scarce Book of Hours according to the Use of Sarum (Salisbury). The Lord's Prayer and Ten Commandments in English appear on the leaf following the title; leaves 1-4 contain The dayes of the weke moralysed and The maner to lyve well, a translation by Robert Copland of Jean Quentin's La Manière de bien vivre dévotement par chacun jour. Nijhoff & Kronenberg 1120; STC 15969. ESTC locates 3 copies in Great Britain, none in the United States.