Horae, use of Paris Nicolas Hygman for Jean de Brie, c.1515 HORAE, use of Paris, in Latin and French. Paris: Nicolas Hygman for Jean de Brie, [c.1515, almanac for 1515-30]. Bound in contemporary French polished calf. This edition is notable for its large format and the size of the cuts, elaborate new designs by the same hand showing the influx of Italian Renaissance ideas into traditional French stock. Bohatta (1924) 298 (with erroneous leaf count and collation); not in Brunet or Lacombe. Quarto (227 x 149mm). 104 leaves. Collation: a-b8 c4 d-i8 k6 a e i8 o6. 18 large cuts and 29 small cuts of Evangelists, the Gospels and the saints; full-page printer’s device and anatomical man, each page within multi-piece historiated and ornamental border, initials painted in red and blue, initial strokes in yellow, text ruled in red and rubricated (leaves a1-2 remargined, and a few repaired marginal closed tears, small loss on upper corner of leaf e5, occasional marginal dampstains). Contemporary French blind-tooled polished calf, gilt edges (rebacked, corners and fore-edges repaired); modern quarter morocco chemise and slipcase. Provenance: “Sebastien Duboys charron de ferrières” (contemporary manuscript annotation on leaf a2r) – acquired from Librairie Lardanchet, Paris, 15 December 1981.
Horae, use of Paris Nicolas Hygman for Jean de Brie, c.1515 HORAE, use of Paris, in Latin and French. Paris: Nicolas Hygman for Jean de Brie, [c.1515, almanac for 1515-30]. Bound in contemporary French polished calf. This edition is notable for its large format and the size of the cuts, elaborate new designs by the same hand showing the influx of Italian Renaissance ideas into traditional French stock. Bohatta (1924) 298 (with erroneous leaf count and collation); not in Brunet or Lacombe. Quarto (227 x 149mm). 104 leaves. Collation: a-b8 c4 d-i8 k6 a e i8 o6. 18 large cuts and 29 small cuts of Evangelists, the Gospels and the saints; full-page printer’s device and anatomical man, each page within multi-piece historiated and ornamental border, initials painted in red and blue, initial strokes in yellow, text ruled in red and rubricated (leaves a1-2 remargined, and a few repaired marginal closed tears, small loss on upper corner of leaf e5, occasional marginal dampstains). Contemporary French blind-tooled polished calf, gilt edges (rebacked, corners and fore-edges repaired); modern quarter morocco chemise and slipcase. Provenance: “Sebastien Duboys charron de ferrières” (contemporary manuscript annotation on leaf a2r) – acquired from Librairie Lardanchet, Paris, 15 December 1981.
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