Accession number:
PML 125427
Published:
A Paris : [Philippe Pigouchet,] Pour Simon vostre, .ii. iour de Juing. Lan Mil CCCC.iiii.xx. [et] xiiii [2 June 1494].
Description:
[88] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts, metalcuts) ; 17 cm. (8vo)
Credit Line:
Gift of the Berle Estate, 1994.
Notes:
Title from ISTC.
Imprint from colophon, leaf l8v: Ces presentes heures a lusage de Chartres farent achevees le .ii. iour de Juing. Lan Mil CCCC.iiii.xx. [et] xiiii. Pour Simon vostre Libraire demoura[n]t a Paris en la rue neuue nostredame a le[n]seigne sainct Jehan levangeliste.
Printed in Pigouchet's types 2:64G, 3:80G, and 4:130G.
Signatures: a-l⁸: 88 leaves.
Almanac on leaf a1v for years 1488-1508.
Woodcuts and metalcuts. Many of the cuts are signed (letters or roman numerals) for textual organization.
PML copy on vellum.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 16 x 10.5 cm.
Binding:
19th-century French embossed blue morocco over paper boards (17 x 11 cm.), sewn on 4 supports; in buckram chemise. Plain brown paper pastedowns and endleaves, with plain paper endleaves; plain endbands; gilt edges.
Inscriptions/Markings:
Hand decoration: Contemporary French gilt initials on red, pink, or blue ground. Annotations: No notations in text. "Mil" abraded in colophon and replaced with "nee."
Provenance:
Charles Barclay (1780-1855), armorial bookplate (front pastedown); sale, Sotheby's, 17 Nov. 1916, lot 1028; Dr. Beatrice Bishop Berle (1902-1993), book label (front pastedown); Pierpont Morgan Library, gift of the Berle Estate, 1994.
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