Sale 674: Fine Books & Manuscripts - Food & Drink (#674) 05/30/2019 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

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Lot 52 of 429:
Rare Book of Hours w/gilt-decorated engravings 1606  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium):$330
Estimate:
$300 - $500

Title:
Heures de Nostre Dame, à l'vsage de Rome auec plufieurs belles & devotes oraisons tant en Latin qu'en Francois nouuellement imprimees & Mises en meilleur ordre qu'auparauant
Author:
Place:
Paris
Publisher:
Chez Eustache Foucault
Date:
1606
Description:

[42], 192, [1], 126, [1], 96, [49] pp. Engraved title page, numerous copperplate engravings, some decorated in gilt; printed in black and red throughout. (16mo) 16x7.5 cm (6¼x3"), period calf ornately decorated in gilt. 

Rare Book of Hours, ornately bound with gilt-decorated engravings. 
"Hours of Nostre Dame, in the face of Rome, with several beautiful 
and devout prayers, both in Latin and French, which are printed 
in better order than in Paris." No copies found at OCLC.
Lot Amendments
Condition:
Some wear to calf with rubbing to extremities, small strip of leather at spine head starting to detach; interior sound with occasional repairs, light toning and scattered light spotting; very good.
 
Item number:
309064a
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