Lot 348
Passe (Crispin van de) Les Planches des Heures, 46 fine engraved plates, Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum, [1901]
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Passe (Crispin van de) Les Planches des Heures, introduction by Max Rooses, 46 fine engraved plates by van de Passe after Maarten de Vos, one plate with light marginal spotting, most plates offset onto preceding caption leaf, otherwise a fine copy in contemporary polished calf, gilt, g.e., original printed wrappers bound in, very slightly rubbed, small 4to, Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum, [1901].
⁂ Depicting the life and the Passion of Christ, these plates were engraved in 1588 by Crispin van de Passe for a Plantin Book of Hours but were never used. According to the description of a copy sold at Sotheby's in 1995 only about 50 copies were issued of this edition.
Description
Passe (Crispin van de) Les Planches des Heures, introduction by Max Rooses, 46 fine engraved plates by van de Passe after Maarten de Vos, one plate with light marginal spotting, most plates offset onto preceding caption leaf, otherwise a fine copy in contemporary polished calf, gilt, g.e., original printed wrappers bound in, very slightly rubbed, small 4to, Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum, [1901].
⁂ Depicting the life and the Passion of Christ, these plates were engraved in 1588 by Crispin van de Passe for a Plantin Book of Hours but were never used. According to the description of a copy sold at Sotheby's in 1995 only about 50 copies were issued of this edition.