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THIELMAN KERVER. [THE ROME HOURS].
HORAE. Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary; According to the Roman Rite. Paris, Thielman Kerver, 9 June 1503.
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HORAE. Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary; According to the Roman Rite. Paris, Thielman Kerver, 9 June 1503.
In-8 (in-12 format), (123) pp. (signature: a-p8; q4), on vellum, 19 large finely engraved plates, painted and highlighted in gold, with decorated initials. Later marbled fawn sheepskin, ribbed spine, fawn title label, panels decorated with fleurons and gilt fillets, red edges (binding slightly rubbed, wormholes on the lower jaw, soiling on the vellum on a few quires, notably the first and last, traces of oxidation on the reverse of a few pages due to the paint, last page more rubbed and soiled than the others due to use, first page slightly rubbed, some of the solid colour blocks in the borders have bled slightly, the figure of Death has been censored with the face of the skull scraped away – on the reverse of i4, the colours of the anatomical figure are slightly rubbed, a probable pagination error at sign. (d)3, with no inconsistency in the text).
Possibly a unique copy by Kerver in Gothic script, printed entirely in black on vellum.
With large, finely illuminated figures in colour and fine gold in the style of the Parisian workshops.
Book of Hours for use in Rome, dated in the colophon:
‘This Book of Hours for use in Rome was completed on the 8th day of June in the year one thousand and five, these three by Thielman Kerver, printer and sworn bookseller of the University of Paris, for Gillet Remacle, bookseller residing on the Pont Saint-Michel under the sign of the Unicorn.” (sig. p4 verso).
Anatomical Man (sig. a2) and Kerver’s typographical mark featuring unicorns (sig. a1), and 18 superb large figures engraved in black, most of them illuminated.
Text entirely framed by black-engraved material on a dotted background typical of Kerver, featuring grotesques, hunting scenes, biblical scenes or short texts; initials, paragraph marks and line-ends rubricated in blue, red and gold; the small Christological or biblical figures within the text are all illuminated, numbering 29.
Possible work by two different hands for the illumination: the figures are particularly meticulous and very well executed, whilst some of the framing bands have been inked more crudely.
Almanac “for XXIII years” covering the years 1497 to 1520 (sig. a1 verso).
Silvestre, Marques typographiques, 50. Not listed in Lacombe and Moreau/Renouard. Differs in the signatures from other similar copies.
No copies in the CCFr or WorldCat.