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HORAE B.M.V. (use of Rome). [Horae dive virginis Marie, secundum usum romanum]. Paris: Gillet Hardouyn for Germain Hardouyn, 9th August, 1514 [Almanach for 1513-1527]
8° (165 x 100mm). Collation: A-O8, 110 leaves (of 112 lacking A1 and C3). Roman type, 28 lines PRINTED ON VELLUM, 12pp., calendar, 16 FULL-PAGE METALCUT ILLUSTRATIONS and 24 smaller illustrations in the text, all finely painted and illuminated in gold and colours, initials illuminated in gold, red and blue, verso of final leaf with Hardouyn's device of a shield with 12 castles, uncoloured (lacking title with Hardouyn's other device; many signatures cropped). 18th-century brown morocco gilt, red and gold endpapers, g.e., 18th-century signature of Samuel Knight. Lacombe 251; Brunet Heures 243 (calling for 13 large illustrations only); and 2 other volumes. (3)
8° (165 x 100mm). Collation: A-O8, 110 leaves (of 112 lacking A1 and C3). Roman type, 28 lines PRINTED ON VELLUM, 12pp., calendar, 16 FULL-PAGE METALCUT ILLUSTRATIONS and 24 smaller illustrations in the text, all finely painted and illuminated in gold and colours, initials illuminated in gold, red and blue, verso of final leaf with Hardouyn's device of a shield with 12 castles, uncoloured (lacking title with Hardouyn's other device; many signatures cropped). 18th-century brown morocco gilt, red and gold endpapers, g.e., 18th-century signature of Samuel Knight. Lacombe 251; Brunet Heures 243 (calling for 13 large illustrations only); and 2 other volumes. (3)