Apr 11, 2013 - Sale 2309

Sale 2309 - Lot 119

Price Realized: $ 3,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
(HORAE B.M.V.) Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis ad usum Romanum. Latin and French text. 12 engraved vignettes of seasonal labors or amusements in the calendar; 14 full-page illustrations by Léonard Gaultier. [16], 284, 235-246, 44 leaves, including engraved title and blank B8. Text printed in red and black throughout. bound with: COTON, PIERRE, S.J. Devotes Oraisons pour tous Chrestiens et Catholiques. [52] leaves. and: Prieres et Litanies Royalles. [24] leaves. Together, 3 volumes in one. 8vo, 166x102 mm, contemporary brown morocco richly gilt-tooled to center- and corner fan design on covers, with ornamental tooling on flat spine; scattered mostly minor stains, varying foxing in the second and third works, endpapers sympathetically renewed; gilt edges. Contemporary inscription ("Madame la Presidente de Bazemont") on title of the first work and last page of the third. Paris: P. Metayer Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy et Clovis Eve Relieur ordinaire du Roy, 1608; Troyes: François Deviliers, nd; nd

Additional Details

Illustrated Book of Hours with the imprint of the royal binder Clovis Eve, in a lavish fan binding possibly from his workshop. Bulletin de la Librairie Damascène Morgand V (1889-92), 17679.