Lot 13
Bindings.- Officium beatae Mariae virginis, Paris, Jacques Kerver, 1583; and another (2)
Hammer Price: £480
Description
Bindings.- Officium beatae Mariae virginis, collation: A-Z8 Aa-Kk8, printed in red and black throughout with single ruled borders in red, printer's woodcut device to title and final f. verso, woodcut illustrations and initials throughout, title with two small holes and slightly frayed edges, lacking Kk8 (presumably blank), some light but generally even browning, very occasional instances of soiling, contemporary morocco, covers richly gilt with decorative borders encasing central panel featuring leaf corner-pieces, roses around an oval void and fleur-de-lys diaper back-ground, spine likewise diapered, repair in ?calf to upper joint, lower joint just beginning to crack, minute amounts of rubbing to corners, g.e., rubbed, Paris, Jacques Kerver, 130 x 80 mm, 1583 § Claudianus (Claudius) Quae Extant: Ex Emandatione Vivorum Doctorum, printer's woodcut device to title, small wormholes at gutter (no text loss), ff. or gatherings beginning to work loose in places, contemporary morocco richly gilt, covers and spines with diaper of fleur-de-lys inside diamond shapes and roll-tool borders, spine head and lower joint foot worn, Paris, Jean Mejat, 1616, 12mo (2)
Description
Bindings.- Officium beatae Mariae virginis, collation: A-Z8 Aa-Kk8, printed in red and black throughout with single ruled borders in red, printer's woodcut device to title and final f. verso, woodcut illustrations and initials throughout, title with two small holes and slightly frayed edges, lacking Kk8 (presumably blank), some light but generally even browning, very occasional instances of soiling, contemporary morocco, covers richly gilt with decorative borders encasing central panel featuring leaf corner-pieces, roses around an oval void and fleur-de-lys diaper back-ground, spine likewise diapered, repair in ?calf to upper joint, lower joint just beginning to crack, minute amounts of rubbing to corners, g.e., rubbed, Paris, Jacques Kerver, 130 x 80 mm, 1583 § Claudianus (Claudius) Quae Extant: Ex Emandatione Vivorum Doctorum, printer's woodcut device to title, small wormholes at gutter (no text loss), ff. or gatherings beginning to work loose in places, contemporary morocco richly gilt, covers and spines with diaper of fleur-de-lys inside diamond shapes and roll-tool borders, spine head and lower joint foot worn, Paris, Jean Mejat, 1616, 12mo (2)
