Vellum Copy of Kerver’s Edition of 31 March 1511 in Large Format with Striking and Unusual Illumination

Horae 60.1a in our upcoming Catalogue 100: Horae B. M. V. for the Use of Rome. Paris, Thielmann Kerver, 31.3.1511.Illuminated copy on vellum.

Until now, only two copies of this edition were known, one of them also in our collection (see Horae 60.1 in our catalogue 75, in black and white). This is now an unknown third copy: the only strikingly and unusually illuminated one.

This book is part of the largest collection of printed Books of Hours in the world, which is offered for sale en bloc.

The collection has been extensively documented in Catalogues No. 50 & 75 (nine volumes), available in our online shop. Catalogue 100, where the present copy will be described, will be published in the course of 2024.

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