8th Feb, 2024 11:00
The Oxford Library Sale
567
Post-incunable (Books of Hours): Hore dive virginis Marie secundum usum Romanum. Paris, Gilles & Germain Hardouyn [c.1511; almanac covers 1511-1530]. Octavo, 108 leaves of 28 lines. Printed on vellum. Printed in red and black throughout. Red ruling added by hand. Text in Latin. Collation: A-N8 O4. Pagination in pencil.
DECORATION: Hand-coloured woodcut printer’s device on p. 1. A further woodcut printer’s device on p. 216 (uncoloured). 16 full-page hand-coloured woodcut illustrations in architectural frames. All other pages have printed borders (uncoloured). Smaller hand-coloured woodcut illustrations appear frequently in the text. One- and two-line decorative initials and decorative line fillers added by hand (Gold on red and/or blue).
BINDING: Later fine binding of red gold-tooled morocco with blue silk endpapers at front (195 x 120 mm). All edges gilt and gauffred.
PROVENANCE: Early(?) and apparently deliberate yellow staining to a few passages of text; in some instances the same passages are additionally crossed out in black (e.g. sig. N1r). Label with shelfmark adhered to endpaper (section 73 shelf 2). Bookplates (Castlegould; Ex Libris Howard Gould). One tipped in and one loosely enclosed printed catalogue description. Pencil notes.
CONDITION: Quire B and rear endpaper loosening; occasional stains to vellum.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC 183112; Bohatta, Bibliographie der Livres d’Heures (1924), 931; Moreau, Inventaire Chronologique (1972-2010), II 83: 114; Pettegree et al, French Books (2007) 67380.
Provenance: John. P. Love Collection
Sold for £13,000
Estimated at £10,000 - £15,000
Post-incunable (Books of Hours): Hore dive virginis Marie secundum usum Romanum. Paris, Gilles & Germain Hardouyn [c.1511; almanac covers 1511-1530]. Octavo, 108 leaves of 28 lines. Printed on vellum. Printed in red and black throughout. Red ruling added by hand. Text in Latin. Collation: A-N8 O4. Pagination in pencil.
DECORATION: Hand-coloured woodcut printer’s device on p. 1. A further woodcut printer’s device on p. 216 (uncoloured). 16 full-page hand-coloured woodcut illustrations in architectural frames. All other pages have printed borders (uncoloured). Smaller hand-coloured woodcut illustrations appear frequently in the text. One- and two-line decorative initials and decorative line fillers added by hand (Gold on red and/or blue).
BINDING: Later fine binding of red gold-tooled morocco with blue silk endpapers at front (195 x 120 mm). All edges gilt and gauffred.
PROVENANCE: Early(?) and apparently deliberate yellow staining to a few passages of text; in some instances the same passages are additionally crossed out in black (e.g. sig. N1r). Label with shelfmark adhered to endpaper (section 73 shelf 2). Bookplates (Castlegould; Ex Libris Howard Gould). One tipped in and one loosely enclosed printed catalogue description. Pencil notes.
CONDITION: Quire B and rear endpaper loosening; occasional stains to vellum.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC 183112; Bohatta, Bibliographie der Livres d’Heures (1924), 931; Moreau, Inventaire Chronologique (1972-2010), II 83: 114; Pettegree et al, French Books (2007) 67380.
Provenance: John. P. Love Collection
Auction: The Oxford Library Sale, 8th Feb, 2024
Day One
Clocks, Furniture, Works of Art and Collectable - Lots 1 - 406
Day Two
Fine Bindings and Incunables from the collection of the late John P. Love - Lots 501- 575 (Click here to read about J. P. Love)
Antiquarian and Modern Books from multiple vendors - Lots 576 - 598
Books from the Library of the late Malcom Deas - Lots 601 - 702 (Click here to read about M. Deas)
Antiquarian and Modern Books from multiple vendors - Lots 703 - 783
Viewing
Saturday 3 February 9am - 1pm
Monday 5 February 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 6 February 9am - 5pm
