Horae, in laude[m] beatiss[imae] virginis Mariae : ad usum Romanum.

Accession number: 
PML 15432
Published: 
Parrhisiis [Paris] : Apud Gotofredum Torinum Biturigicum, [20 Oct. 1531]
Description: 
[160] leaves (30 lines) : ill. (woodcuts).
Notes: 

17 delicate cuts and borders to all pages with devices of Tory and the crowned chiffres of François I and his wife Claude. Tory's mark on 1st and last pages.
Colophon: Parrhisijs, Ex Officina Gotofredi Toriniu[m] Biturigici, Regii Impressoris, Ad insigne Vasis effracti. Anno Salu[tis] M.D.XXXI. Die .XX. Me[n]sis Octo[bris] ...
Library's copy has leaves E¹ and TC8 supplied from another copy?
Printed in red and black.
Signatures: A-V⁸.
Wood engravings by Tory: 17 cuts, several signed with the Lorraine cross attributed to Jacquemin Woeiriot; borders on each page composed of 4 different pieces, the bottom ones signed with the Lorraine cross; border on t.p. unsigned. Tory's device (Renouard 1071) in t.p. and on last leaf verso. A form of the pot cassé with the drill is introduced among the scroll work of a bottom border piece, as on D1r. Some copies reported to have fold-out.

Binding: 
16th-century French calf, richly tooled with the "pot cassé" by Tory.
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