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Hore Beate Marie

Hore Beate Marie Virginis secundum Usum Ecclesie Romane Totaliter ad Longum cum Multis Suffragiis et Orationibus,

printed on vellum, 97 ff., only, of 104, 23 lines, gothic type, large device on title, 9 large metalcuts and 12 smaller cuts, all illuminated in gold and colours in a contemporary hand, coat-of-arms painted on device, red ruled gold painted architectural border to each large cut, gilt borders decorated in colours on all other pages, gilt initials on pink or blue grounds, yellow capital strokes, ruled in red, name of 'M. de Ponchier' beneath arms (a chevron between 3 scallop shells), on device, ? Louis de Ponchier (d. 1521, Secretary to the King of France, and Treasurer), name at foot of Almanac 'J. Sibault', small hole in upper corner of title, just touching border, some ff. little trimmed at foot, touching borders, occasional light marking and rubbing, with some loss of colour, later calf, rebacked, [Van Praet 137], 8vo, 140 x 110 mm., Paris, Gilles Hardouin for Germain Hardouin, c. 1520 [almanac for 1521-40].

***The subjects of the large cuts are: St John, The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, the Anninciation, the Tiburtine Sibyl, Pentecost, the Adoration of the Magi, The Presentation, King David & the Massacre of the Innocents..