BOOK OF HOURS, USE OF LANGRES.

Ces presentes Heures a lusage de Langres. Paris: Simon Vostre, [1512-30].

Ces presentes Heures a lusage de Langres. Paris: Simon Vostre, [1512-30].
8vo (206 x 136 mm). 104 leaves, 31 lines. Metalcut title, 14 full-page metalcut illustrations, 8 large metalcut illustrations within metalcut border, all text pages within metalcut border, rubricated in red and blue. 19th century brown morocco gilt by Bedford, gilt edges, cloth folding case by J. MacDonald. A few leaves trimmed closely touching signature marks or borders.
Provenance: Francis Kettaneh (bookplate).

Illustrations: Title with Vostre's device, Anatomical Man, Saint John-Poisoned Cup, Betrayal, Tree of Jesse, Annunciation, Visitation, Crucifixion, Pentecost, Nativity, Shepherds in the Fields, Shepherds Adoration, the Presentation in the Temple, the Flight into Egypt, Coronation of the Virgin, David and Uriah, David with Harp, Job and his friends, Raising of Lazarus, Trinity, and a few other small cuts.

A beautiful crisp copy of Vostre's Book of Hours with elegant large woodcut/metalcut illustrations. Simon Vostre was one of the most important printers during the early 16th-century. Bohatta Livres d'heures 125; Renouard 337.