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Horae. Use of Rome
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description
- Horae ad usum Romanum [French and Latin]. Paris: Thielman Kerver, for Gilles Remacle, 16 September 1499
- paper
4to (178 x 113mm.), PRINTED ON VELLUM, 94 leaves (of 96), a-m8, 29 lines, gothic type, printer's device on title-page, metalcut borders on every page, small illuminated initials, larger metalcut illustrations with FINE CONTEMPORARY ILLUMINATION, late eighteenth-century English blue straight-grained morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, lacking b3 and h2, a few leaves shaved at head, cut close at foredge
Provenance
Alexander Aubert (1730-1805), sale, Sotheby's, 15 July 1806, lot 569, 12s., to ?S.L. England; "put 0.12.0", pencil note at end; sale, Puttick and Simpson, 19 December 1888, lot 270, £15-15s, to Rimell (with a pencil note at front in O'Brien's hand); William O'Brien, bequest booklabel dated 1899
Literature
Goff H400; H 8859; GW 13285 (variant heading on a1); Bohatta 675; Grosjean & O'Connell 68
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Thielman Kerver, from Koblenz, started in the Paris book world as a bookseller in 1497, and by 1498 he had begun working as a printer. He continued to print until his death in 1522. He produced numerous books of hours as well as classical and humanist texts, often in association with other printers or publishers (as here, for the bookseller Gilles Remacle from Liège).
ISTC records 6 copies of this edition, one each in Copenhagen and Poitiers, and three in the US, together with the Sexton copy (sold in 1981).