Lot 68
  • 68

Book of Hours. Use of Reims

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Les presentes heures a lusaige de Reins toutes au long sans req[uer]ir. Paris: Simon Vostre, [almanach: 1513-1530]
  • Paper
8vo (237 x 146mm.), PRINTED ON PAPER, metalcut printer's device on title-page, metalcut borders on each page, 14 fine large cuts, other smaller cuts, initials supplied in red and blue, contemporary French blind-tooled calf with a geometric roll-tool with bees and flowers, some deckle edges, in modern folding box, title-page and d4 slightly defective and expertly remargined, small marginal repair to g5, rebacked

Provenance

Robert B. Hale (1834-1907), Alderley (Glos.), armorial bookplate

Literature

Bohatta 391; not in Lacombe

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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Catalogue Note

A rare book of hours of the Use of Reims, one of only nine editions for this Use recorded by Bohatta, most of which were printed by Vostre.