(Religion) - Horae in laudem beatissimae virginis Mariae, ad usum Romanum. Parisiis, ex officina Reginaldi Calderii & Claudii eius filii, 1549. In-4° : [176 (on 177)] lvs (lf. i7 "Ad matutinas" with the full-page lacking, marginal tears, some...
Estimation :
600 / 800
Description
repaired, last lf. remounted, some lvs slightly browned, some stains and foxing, handwritten mentions in two cartouches). 17th Century binding : calf, gilt decorated boards with frames of fillets and roll-stamps, fleurons (some angular and one oval in the center), gilt decorated ribbed spine, gilt edges (spine and flyleaves renewed, small lacks, scratches on lower board).
Hours of the Virgin in a richly decorated edition followed by the Hours of the Cross, the Seven Penitential Psalms, the Litany of the Saints, etc. Illustrated with 12 (on 13) nice full-pages picturing scenes of Mary and Jesus' lives like the Visitation, the Announcement of Jesus' birth, the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, the Crucifixion, the Dormition, etc. The entire work is encircled by various large woodcut frames (repeated) in Renaissance style figuring architectures, decorations "à la grotesque", floral ornaments or medallions. Text in black and red Roman typesetting with dotted initial letters; printer's mark on title-page. Copy with some leaves ruled. # Bohatta 1230; # Lacombe 440; # Adams L-1046; # STC French 274; # USTC 196177; # not in Soltész nor in Machiels. ▲ Provenance : abbey of Toussaint at Châlons-en-Champagne (handwritten mention); Dodet (id.); Charron, provost of Reims, 1570 (id.); Jacques Chastelain 1656, 1663 and 1693 (id.); Fr. Claude (id.). T Heures de la Vierge illustrées de 12 (sur 13) pleines pp. figurant des scènes des vies de Marie et Jésus. Édition sertie de cadres ornementés dans une impression en noir et rouge avec initiales sur fond criblé. Plein veau du 17e s. (f. i7 avec une pleine p. manquant, déch. marg., qqs-unes restaurées, dos refait).
Hours of the Virgin in a richly decorated edition followed by the Hours of the Cross, the Seven Penitential Psalms, the Litany of the Saints, etc. Illustrated with 12 (on 13) nice full-pages picturing scenes of Mary and Jesus' lives like the Visitation, the Announcement of Jesus' birth, the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, the Crucifixion, the Dormition, etc. The entire work is encircled by various large woodcut frames (repeated) in Renaissance style figuring architectures, decorations "à la grotesque", floral ornaments or medallions. Text in black and red Roman typesetting with dotted initial letters; printer's mark on title-page. Copy with some leaves ruled. # Bohatta 1230; # Lacombe 440; # Adams L-1046; # STC French 274; # USTC 196177; # not in Soltész nor in Machiels. ▲ Provenance : abbey of Toussaint at Châlons-en-Champagne (handwritten mention); Dodet (id.); Charron, provost of Reims, 1570 (id.); Jacques Chastelain 1656, 1663 and 1693 (id.); Fr. Claude (id.). T Heures de la Vierge illustrées de 12 (sur 13) pleines pp. figurant des scènes des vies de Marie et Jésus. Édition sertie de cadres ornementés dans une impression en noir et rouge avec initiales sur fond criblé. Plein veau du 17e s. (f. i7 avec une pleine p. manquant, déch. marg., qqs-unes restaurées, dos refait).
