Nouvelles Heures et Prières composèes dans le style des Manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle.
1885. Paris: Gruel et Engelmann, n.d. [c.1885].
Small square 8vo, (2), 176, (13) pp. mounted on guards. Chromolithographed text and richly decorative borders heightened with gold, plus three full-page plates. Finely bound by Fonteney in full crushed green morocco, backstrip with five raised bands and blind-stamped title ("Heures"), gilt dentelles, green silk doublures, all edges gilt, ribbon marker; presentation text stamped in gilt on front doublure. Preserved in the original silk-lined box with brass clasp (lightly worn and stained), the book is in fine condition.
§ A lovely chromolithographed French prayer book in practically pristine condition. A skillful imitation of a manuscript book of hours with elaborate borders of botanical and heraldic designs populated by fanciful figures and mythical beasts. The gilt-stamped front doublure records the book was presented on the marriage of Marguerite de Font-Réaulx and Gabriel Montagne, which took place December 1, 1885, in Saint-Junien, in the Haute-Vienne department of France, probably in the fine medieval Collegiate Church of St Junien. A beautiful gift. Item #124629
Price: $1,950.00