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ENGRAVED LEAVES FROM 16TH CENTURY BOOK OF HOURS
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$250 - $350
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$240
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163: Rare Books
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ENGRAVED LEAVES FROM 16TH CENTURY BOOK OF HOURS
Anonymous [?] 16th century French, 3 leaves each with text in Latin both sides the first headed ‘Suffragia’ [both sides] with 3 small engravings of Joanne Evangelista, and Michael archagele, and Joanne baptista; the second leaf ‘A Matutinas de truce’, with an engraving of Judas betraying Jesus [100 x 70mm] with 4 lines of text beneath and verso ‘Ad matutinas’; the third with the heading ‘Defunctorum and verso ‘Diatones pro defunctis’. Each 175 x 100mm approximately with capitals and headings in red. Mounted and framed each page attached to the mount with a small strip of adhesive paper, a sprinkle of foxing else VG.
From the library of Fred A. Davey.
Anonymous [?] 16th century French, 3 leaves each with text in Latin both sides the first headed ‘Suffragia’ [both sides] with 3 small engravings of Joanne Evangelista, and Michael archagele, and Joanne baptista; the second leaf ‘A Matutinas de truce’, with an engraving of Judas betraying Jesus [100 x 70mm] with 4 lines of text beneath and verso ‘Ad matutinas’; the third with the heading ‘Defunctorum and verso ‘Diatones pro defunctis’. Each 175 x 100mm approximately with capitals and headings in red. Mounted and framed each page attached to the mount with a small strip of adhesive paper, a sprinkle of foxing else VG.
From the library of Fred A. Davey.
