Book of Hours, use of Rome, Paris, 1498, printed on vellum, later morocco

Book of Hours. Use of Rome

Ces presentes heures a lusaige de Romme furent achevez le xvi jour de Septembre lan Mil CCCCC.iiii.xx. et xviii pour Simon Vostre. Paris: [Philippe Pigouchet] Simon Vostre, 16 September 1498

4to (190 x 125mm.), PRINTED ON VELLUM, 96 leaves, a-l⁸ A⁸, 27 lines, Gothic letter, metalcut device of Pigouchet on title-page, metalcut illustrated borders to each page and metalcut illustrations, small initials supplied in gold on a red or blue ground, a few notes in a sixteenth-century French hand, morocco binding by Potter & Sons of York retaining an old gilt centrepiece of the instruments of the Passion, leaves somewhat rubbed (particularly the first and last few leaves), a few initials washed or rubbed away

A complete book of hours, with fine illustrated narrative borders containing scenes from the story of Judith, Rebecca, the Sibyls, and the Dance of Death, as well as hunting scenes and grotesques.

LITERATURE:

ISTC ih00395000; Bohatta 653; Lacombe 64

PROVENANCE:

F.d.B. [Besers?], initials on title-page, and Jehan de Sers[?], name on i2v, both written in a sixteenth-century hand; Ampleforth Abbey library, bookplate and ink stamp