HOURS FOR THE USE OF ROME. Horae in laudem... - Lot 50 - Giquello

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HOURS FOR THE USE OF ROME. Horae in laudem... - Lot 50 - Giquello
HOURS FOR THE USE OF ROME. Horae in laudem beatissimae virginis Mariae, ad usum Romanum. Paris, Simon de Colines, 1543. In-4, red morocco, gilt and cold filleting, large orientalist cartouche stamped in the center with the middle in reserve, spine decorated with fillets and a small repeated fleuron, green edges, green cloth box (Binding of the second half of the 16th century). Brun, p. 217. - Lacombe, n°426. - Mortimer, n°306. - Renouard, Colines, pp. 378-379. One of the masterpieces of the French illustrated book of the Renaissance. First edition in quarto format of this beautiful book of hours printed by Simon de Colines. He published another edition the same year, in octavo format. The edition is printed in roman type and opens with a title printed in red and black, placed in a woodcut frame decorated with vegetal friezes with bucrania and statues of female busts. The text is printed in red and black, and each page is bordered by a frame chosen among a set of 16 models classified in two different types: the first one is made of 8 frames engraved with a single line in the manner of Geoffroy Tory, decorated with candelabras, loves and cherubs, grotesques, antique foliage, etc., and the second one with 8 other black engraved frames decorated with arabesques or aldine fleurons which remind a lot the decoration of contemporary bindings. Some of these frames were used by Colines to decorate the title of some of his books. Some of these woodcuts bear the dates 1536, 1537 or 1539. 14 large full-page woodcuts, each with a particular frame, illustrate this book of hours. They are here in first edition. These beautiful woodcuts are finely engraved and seven of them are marked with the cross of Lorraine. With the exception of the figure of St. John, which is engraved in line, they all bear shaded effects and offer meticulous detail. Mortimer indicates that they were designed not to be colored. The almanac on the verso of the title is given for the years 1543 to 1568, or 26 years. A handsome, finely set copy in a red morocco binding of the second half of the 16th century with the edges painted in a beautiful water green hue. The large iron stamped on the boards, of oriental inspiration and with a gilt background, is of a remarkable design: the imprint it leaves in the thickness of the board highlights the empty central medallion which thus appears in relief. From the Miniscalchi (engraved armorial bookplate with Biblioteca Miniscalchi) and Georges Wendling libraries. The last 2 leaves are a bit loose. Heads restored; nerves, hinges and edges a little marked.
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