{"product_id":"1504-post-incunabula-book-of-hours-by-thielman-kerver-fully-illustrated-antique","title":"1504 POST-INCUNABULA BOOK of HOURS by Thielman Kerver fully illustrated antique","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003e[HEURES à l'usage de Rome]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[HOURS for the use of Rome]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Hore intemerate beate Marie virginis; Secundum usum Romanum].\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis: Thielman Kerver for Gillet Remacle; March 8, 1504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 18th-century  vellum binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e gilt title on the spine, red speckled edges (a small tear with loss on the spine,  some leaves reinforced at the joint during its later binding, small old lateral repairs sometimes with traces of manuscript, a few minor repairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRare post-incunabulum Book of Hours.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrinted on laid paper in bastard Gothic script by Thielman Kerver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe text is entirely framed and rubricated in red and blue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollation: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e116 ff (out of 124: missing a1-2, d7-8, f1, m1, and p7-8).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComplete with the anatomical man (f.1), 13 large figures (out of 17) engraved in black.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo copies are listed in CCFr or WorldCat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach page of text is set within a beautiful frame richly decorated with engraved vignettes, either in relief or on a white background:\u003cbr\u003ebiblical scenes, numerous hunting scenes, floral decorations, sometimes large patristic or divine figures, scrolls, skeletons, biblical scenes, imaginary bestiary, chimeras, nudes, and richly decorated or ornamental borders on each page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe engraved figures by Kerver from this period are sometimes attributed to copperplate engravings based on compositions by the Master of Anne of Brittany (or Master of the Rose Window of the Apocalypse in the Sainte-Chapelle), commissioned from 1497 onwards, or to woodcuts by Kerver himself when he published his first Book of Hours three years earlier. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA certain reuse of some of the material is evident when comparing Kerver's earlier publications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur edition also features, at the bottom of each page, a small, elongated woodcut, decorated in the Gothic style of the period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA period handwritten bookplate, difficult to decipher, is located in the colophon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSize 4 1\/2 by 6 3\/4\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText in French\u003cbr\u003e============================\u003cbr\u003eThielman Kerver\u003cbr\u003eMajor printer and seller of religious books, originally from Coblentz but active in Paris 1497-1522. \u003cbr\u003eAfter his death the printing business was taken over by his widow Yolande Bonhomme , then by his son Thielman II Kerver (who was later succeeded by his son Jacques)\u003cbr\u003e==========================\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"Motka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52338933924142,"sku":null,"price":5270.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0692\/8017\/0286\/files\/206692-003jpg.jpg?v=1784676456","url":"https:\/\/motka.store\/products\/1504-post-incunabula-book-of-hours-by-thielman-kerver-fully-illustrated-antique","provider":"Motka","version":"1.0","type":"link"}