Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 49

Price Realized: $ 13,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
(CATHOLIC LITURGY.) Hore divine virginis Marie, secundum usum Romanum. Hardouyn device on title, Anatomical Man on verso, 14 (of ?) miniatures, some almost full-page, 14 (of ?) small text illustrations, and floral border on each text page apart from 4 pages within historiated border, skillfully painted in gold and colors throughout. Numerous small manuscript initials in gold in red or blue ground. [79] (of [84]) leaves; lacks A8, D3-4, K2, and L4. Roman type. printed on vellum. 8vo, 192x119 mm, 18th-century panelled calf gilt with brass catches, lacking clasps, joints starting at top and bottom, cover corners worn through; occasional marginal soiling. (Paris: Germain Hardouyn), circa 1518 [almanac dated 1518-32]

Additional Details

fully illuminated printed hours for Rome use. Bohatta 1027; Lacombe 290. For manuscript Books of Hours see lots 166 and 167.