A la louenge de dieu et de sa tres saincte et glorieuse mere. Paris: Antoine Chappiel for Gilles Hardouyn, 22 August 1504

by [HORAE] ROMAN CHURCH

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EXTREMELY RARE BOOK OF HOURS PRINTED ON VELLUM ILLUSTRATION FROM MASTER OF THE APOCALYPSE OF THE ROSE'S ATELIER. THE ONLY KNOWN COMPLETE COPY! BOOK OF HOURS, USE OF ROMAN CHURCH. A la louenge de dieu et de sa tres saincte et glorieuse mere et a ledification de tous bo[n]s catholiques furent commences ces presentes heures A lusaige de Romme. Colophone: " …achevez la[n] mil. ccccc. [et] iiii. le. xxii. iour de aoust pour Gillet Hardouyn libraire marchant demoura[n]t a Paris sur le po[n]t au change a l'enseigne de la Rose Imprimeez par Anthoine Chappiel i[m]primeur demourant a Paris en la rue de beau vois a lenseigne des Connins " [Paris: Antoine Chappiel for Gilles Hardouyn, 22 August 1504]. 8vo, (17 x 10 cm) binding from a reused middle age handwritten vellum page, with Gregorian music notations, gilt edges, ff. [80], signature A-K8. Gothic type, 32 lines. Text in Latin except for the prayer opening the volume and the title (A1r), the almanac (A1v), some prayers appearing at the end of the volume and the colophon (K8r) in French, almanac for years 1497-1520. 13 FULL-PAGE WOODCUTS, 28 SMALLER WOODCUTS ILLUSTRATING THE GOSPELS, AND THE VARIOUS PRAYERS; HEAD-LETTERS ILLUMINATED IN BLUE, RED AND GOLD. EXTREMELY RARE BOOK OF HOURS PRINTED ON VELLUM BY ANDRE' CHAPPIEL FOR GILLES HARDOUIN: ACCORDING TO WORLDCAT AND USTC, THERE ARE ONLY TWO OTHER RECORDED COPIES, AT BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE LYON, INCOMPLETE, MISSING THE LAST MINIATURE, RICH MAN AND LAZARUS, AND VERSAILLES, MISSING D

• Publisher: Anthoine Chappiel for Gilles Hardouyn
• Year: 1504

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