BOOK, Printed entirely printed on vellum, 1504.

(Book of Hours printed on vellum, 1504) - Hore dive virginis Marie se[cun]dum verum usum Romanum cum aliis multis folio sequenti notatis characteribus suis diligentis impresse per Thielmanum Kerver.

Paris, Thielman Kerver, 1504. 8vo. 20 x 14,5 cm. 104 leaves. Printed entirely on vellum in red & black, initials in gold on blue or red ground (the blue sometimes a little smudged). With metalcut borders and illustrations throughout (36 small cuts and 19 full-page, including printer’s mark flanked by unicorns on first page). - Complete.

Bound in old vellum, top edge trimmed close to, and sometimes just touching, outermost line of metalcut border. First leaf remargined and with a few minute wormholes. Bookplate of Octave Chavaillon.

Bohatta 789. The illustrations include The Anatomical Man (on A1 verso), St John, The Kiss of Judas, The Nativity, The Annunciation, The Crucifixion, and many others

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