hardouyn gilles printer (1 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Near fine. Nineteenth century full morocco; covers with decorative, triple-gilt filleted panels, and gilt floral corners; spine with five (5) raised bands, gilt-lettered title on two and compartments richly gilt decorated with central floral ornament and surrounding gilt designs; wide inner dentelled gilt edge; pasted and free endpaper in matching gilt-black design; all edges gilt. , Book of prayer and devotions; Brunet comments on the merits and value of the illuminations - paintings and ornate letters - decorating the work. , Size : Octavo. (17.9 x 11.0mm)., Printed on vellum with fifteen (15) full-page and fifteen (15) in-text hand-illuminated metal cuts; eleven (11) of the large ones are furthermore gilt-illuminated creating borders, at times extending over two pages; all text pages are surrounded by historiated woodcut borders; many capitals are illuminated throughout; some borders and lines are likewise emphasized by hand- illuminations. All text leaves in twenty-three lines except for the insertions having an additional line.Text in Latin; some explanation in Middle French. Gothic script; In one column of twenty-three lines. , Faint, illegible marginalia on lower edge of title [A1]. , References : Bohatta, 961; Lacombe, 316; Brunet IV (1839), 589. , Ff: [110ff]; collation: 2 bl., A1-N8 plus 2 inserts, 2 bl.