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Horae in laudem beatiss[ima] virginis Mariae : ad usum Romanum. Officium triplex.

Accession number
PML 126044
Published
Parrhisijs : Apud Oliuerium Mallard impressorem regium, [August 1542]
Notes
Title page and calendar in black and red.
Almanach for years 1542-1571 (leaf A1v).
Signatures: A-T⁸
Wood engravings by Geoffroy Tory, cut by Jacquemin Woeiriot (signed with the cross of Lorraine).
Colophon, leaf T8v: "Parrhisijs, ex Officina Oliuerij Mallard Regij impressoris, Ad insigne vasis effracti. Anno Salu. M.D.XLII. Mense Augusti."
Description
[152] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 19 cm (8vo)
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand coloring added to title page and miniatures.
Provenance
Georgius Ortt, inscription: "Georgius Ortt. Canonicus et Custos in monast. Mem[???]" (title page); E. Clark Stillman (1907-1995), shelfmark: SP33 (rear endleaf 3 recto), bequeathed to: Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of E. Clark Stillman, 1995.
Binding
18th-century(?) black morocco over paper boards. Marbled paper pastedowns and endleaves, with plain paper endleaves; plain endbands; gilt edges.
Classification
Department