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(Leaf Books) LEAF FROM THE BOOK OF AMOS.|A.
n.p. (but France): n.p., n.d. (ca 1460), 32.5 x 22.6 cm, single vellum leaf, housed in a lovely paste-paper over boards folder, cord-tied. This single leaf from the Book of Amos. The fore and bottom edge of the vellum leaf are lightly creased, else an extremely beautiful specimen of fine calligraphy. It is finely calligraphed…
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Incunable – 1499 Book of Hours – Hore beate Marie ad usum Cabilonensem – Thielman Kerver
Incunable – 1499 – Complete Book-of-Hours for the use of Chalon-sur-Saône by Thielman Kerver “Hore beate Marie ad usum Cabilonensem” -Printed in Paris at the Sign of the Unicorn by Thielman Kerver for Hugues Pageot of Dijon on 7th October 1499 -Almanac for 1497-1520 -124 pages (of 124 – Complete): a-p8 q4 – printed on paper. -18th Century…
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“Heures a l’usaige de Rome” 1503 Parisian Book of Hours Printed on Vellum by Gilles Hardouyn and lavishly hand illuminated
1503 Parisian Book of Hours Printed on Vellum by Gilles Hardouyn “Heures a l’usaige de Rome” Anthoine Chappiel pour Gilles Hardouyn (Hardouin) (?1455 – ?1529) Printed in Paris on 24th November 1503 Printed on VELLUM with contemporary HAND ILLUMINATION from the Workshop of Hardouin. Large border copy. Books of hours were printed in various formats at this time:…