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Lot 906

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[Heures à lusaige de Evreux].

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(Nouvellement imprimée à Rouen), [Georges Loyselet ?, c. 1580]

Small 8vo: [90 (of 96 ?)] ff. (missing t.-p., at least 1 f. in quire "F" and 4 ff. in quire "C"?, small holes in the 2 first ff., small marginal dampstains, one margin renewed).

Modern binding by V. Champs: overl. vellum, gilt-titled flat spine.

Scarce edition of this Book of Hours for the use of Évreux (Normandy), printed by Georges Loyselet according to Édouard-Benjamin Frère. An edition published in Paris by Guillaume Anabat in 1497 was already printed in Rouen (by Pierre Regnault). Illustrated with 8 large woodcuts (signed with monograms "DB", "BBL", "D" and "BB") representing the Annunciation, Visitation, Crucifixion, Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, etc. Text in gothic type printed in red & black. Ref. Frère, Manuel du bibliographe normand ou Dictionnaire bibliographique et historique, p. 79. - Lacombe 536 (Hours of Rouen printed by Loyselet, c. 1584 ?, but mentions our ed.). - Brunet V:1594 (1513 ed., Vostre, 4to). - Not in Bohatta, Livres d'heures (other ed.), Pettegree (id.), Adams, STC French.

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Lot 906

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