L'office de la vierge Marie, Paris, 1611, contemporary olive morocco gilt

OFFICIUM BMV

L'office de la vierge Marie, pour tous les temps de l'annee... avec plusieurs prieres... faictes par le R. P. Cotton... (Oraisons devotes...). Paris: Eustache Foucault, 1611-1612

2 parts in one volume, 8vo (178 x 105mm.), engraved portrait of St Joanna, additional engraved title-page, letterpress title-page printed in red and black, second title-page with engraved armorial, engraved illustrations (10 full-page), ALL FINELY HAND-COLOURED, contemporary French olive morocco gilt, monogram MP and name Ianne Vallee tooled in centre of covers, flat spine with vertical gilt tooling, gilt edges, two clasps, incomplete (lacking â4-7, ê1, ê4, î8, A1, T4, Z5), a few marginal tears, binding slightly rubbed

A rare and charming devotional work.

PROVENANCE:

MP, monogram stamped in centre of covers and illuminated manuscript armorial on a vellum leaf bound at front; Ianne Vallee, name stamped on covers; Symphorien Le Tonnelier de Connerray, inscription on letterpress title dated 16 November 1697