[HOURS]. Hours printed for the use of Rome - Lot 25

[HOURS]. Hours printed for the use of Rome Hore intemerate dei genitricis virginis marie secundum usum romanum totaliter ad longum quam plurimis sanctorum sanctarumque devotissimis his adiunctis orationibus et suffragiis In Latin and French, printed on parchment, metal engravings. France, Paris, Thielman Kerver, January 20, 1507 [almanach 1506-1530]. In-8, 100 ff. preceded and followed by tabis and paper endpapers, complete [collation: a-m8, n4], with 19 large engravings and numerous small engravings, engraved and historiated borders, typographical mark of Thielman Kerver on title; initials, paragraph signs and line ends hand-painted in red, blue and gold; a few large initials painted in blue with white highlights on a gold and dark pink background with flowers. 19th-century binding, green velvet, white tabis endpapers, gilt edges, brass clasps (velvet worn). First and second leaves a little soiled, but a good copy. Size of leaves: 198 x 130 mm; size of binding: 210 x 140 mm. Moreau I, 1507, 102 (who cites two copies in Grenoble (I.a.207) and Nantes, Musée Dobrée (Dobree 32)). - Bohatta, 830. - Tenschert, Horae B. M. V.: 158 Stundenbuchdrucke der Sammlung Bibermühle..., Ramsen, 2003, vol. II, no. 58: "Paris, Thielman Kerver, 20 Januar. 1507 [...] Almanach 1506-1530". - Claerr, T., Imprimerie et réussite sociale à Paris a la fin du Moyen Age. Thielman Kerver, imprimeur-libraire de 1497 à 1522. Catalog des éditions, tome II, no. 129. - Absent from Lacombe. Colophon: Ces presentes heures a lusaige de Romme furent achevées le.xx. jour de janvier l'an mil cinq cens et.vii. par Thielman Kerver imprimeur libraire juré de l'université de Paris demourant en la rue saint Jacques a l'enseigne du gril. Illustration: A good copy rubricated in blue, red and gold. The woodcuts in this edition combine compositions by the Master of the Rose of the Apocalypse (Master of the Très petites Heures d'Anne de Bretagne: "Metallschnitt MdA für Thielman Kerver") with those from the in-octavo series produced by Jean Pichore's workshop for Kerver ("Oktavserie der Pichore-Werkstatt für Kerver"). Sig. a1 v, Anatomical Man. Sig. a8v, Martyrdom of John the Evangelist, boiling oil torture. Sig. b3, Jesus' arrest and Judas' kiss. Sig. b7v, Tree of Jesse. Sig. b8, Annunciation. Sig. c6, Visitation. Sig. d2, Nativity. Sig. d4, Announcement to the shepherds. Sig. d5v, Adoration of the Magi. Sig. d7, Presentation in the temple. Sig. d8v, Flight into Egypt. Sig. e3, Coronation of the Virgin Mary. Sig. f1v, David and Bathsheba at the bath. Sig. g1, Resurrection of Lazarus. Sig. h6v, Crucifixion. Sig. h8v, Pentecost. Sig. i2v, Trinity and tetramorph. Sig. l3, Virgin of the Immaculate Conception. Sig. l7, Christ surrounded by the instruments of the Passion.