Accession number:
PML 15559
Published:
[Paris] : [Philippe Pigouchet,] pour Simon vostre, .xv. iour de Octobre. Lan .M.CCC.iiiixx. [et] xix [15 October 1499].
Description:
[92] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts, metalcuts) ; (8vo)
Credit Line:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Notes:
Title and imprint from leaf a1r: [Pigouchet's printer's device] Ces presentes heures a lusaige de ro[m]me furent achevees le .xv. iour de Octobre. Lan .M.CCC.iiiixx. [et] xix. pour Simon vostre Libraire demoura[n]t a la rue neuue a lenseigne sainct Jehan levangeliste.
Printed in Pigouchet's types 2:64G, 5:76G, and 7:55G.
Signatures: a-l⁸ m⁴: 92 leaves.
Paper format: Median (or Chancery?) octavo.
Almanac for years 1497-1520, leaf a1v.
Woodcuts and metalcuts.
PML copy on vellum.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 17.5 x 11 cm.
Binding:
Modern American blind-stamped full reddish-brown goatskin over paper boards (18 x 12 cm.), by Duprez Lahey with Morgan armorial. Plain vellum pastedowns and endleaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.
Variant Title:
Title in ISTC: Horae: ad usum Romanum.
Inscriptions/Markings:
Hand decoration: Contemporary French gilt initials on alternating red and blue ground, line fillers. Annotations: No notations in text.
Provenance:
Leo Olschki, unidentified catalogue, inv. 30098; Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased from Olschki, 1907.
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