Books

  • Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis ad usum Bisuntinum – Book of Hours – 15th Century

    We have for sale a 15th Century Book of Hours – Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis ad usum Bisuntinum – 4to, brown levant morocco blind-tooled with fleurs-de-lys and shells, vellum linings, gilt edges, by Lortic fils. A French or Flemish Book of Hours written in large and small gothic characters upon vellum at the beginning of the fifteenth century for use in France. 227 x 162mm. There are 185 leaves, including 12 for the calendar, with 14 lines to the page, besides 2 final blank leaves ruled in red ink. The first leaf is a vellum frontispiece containing the arms of a bishop, his mitre and crozier, within a wreath of…