Lot 232
Greek Book of Hours.- Horologion, Venice, Giovanni Antonio Pinelli, 1607.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500
Description
Greek Book of Hours.- Horologion, [383] ff. only (of 384, lacking final leaf, ?blank), printed in red and black, large woodcut device on title, decorated initials and head-pieces. 8 full-page woodcut illustrations and numerous woodcut vignettes in text, repairs to margin of two leaves affecting a few letters, minor foxing, modern brown morocco, covers within blind fillets, gilt fleur-de-lys tool at each corner, g.e., 16mo (157 x 76mm.), Venice, [Giovanni Antonio Pinelli], 1607.
⁂ Handsomely printed Pinelli edition of this Greek Book of Hours. The Pinelli press operated from 1600 until after the fall of the Republic in 1797.
Description
Greek Book of Hours.- Horologion, [383] ff. only (of 384, lacking final leaf, ?blank), printed in red and black, large woodcut device on title, decorated initials and head-pieces. 8 full-page woodcut illustrations and numerous woodcut vignettes in text, repairs to margin of two leaves affecting a few letters, minor foxing, modern brown morocco, covers within blind fillets, gilt fleur-de-lys tool at each corner, g.e., 16mo (157 x 76mm.), Venice, [Giovanni Antonio Pinelli], 1607.
⁂ Handsomely printed Pinelli edition of this Greek Book of Hours. The Pinelli press operated from 1600 until after the fall of the Republic in 1797.
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