The De Boze Grandes Heures: A Beautifully Designed, Wide-Margined Vellum Copy, Illuminated by the Great Parisian Illuminator Jean Pichore

Horae 94a in our Catalogue 75: Horae B. M. V. for the Use of Rome. Paris, Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, around 1504. Illuminated copy on vellum.

In the present copy, all the large metal cuts were illuminated by Jean Pichore and possibly a particularly talented collaborator.

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.

 

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