Breviarium Romanum on vellum

Breviarium Romanum on vellum
Andreas Torresanus for Johannes de Colonia, Nicolaus Jenson et Socii, 1481
BREVIARUM Romanum (Franciscan usage). Venice: [Andreas Torresanus for] Johannes de Colonia, Nicolaus Jenson, et Socii, 28 September 1481.

Extremely rare breviary, printed on vellum and illuminated. This edition is recorded in only six institutional collections worldwide by ISTC; one copy in the United States and none in the UK. This copy is bound in a different order than the GW copy or the register: Kalendarium, Proprium de tempore, Psalterium, Proprium de Sanctis, Commune Sanctorum, Annexa, Rubric, remainer of Annexa. Not in the Bavarian State Library. R 90; GW 5137; Bohatta (LB) 408; Goff B-1121; ISTC ib01121000.

Chancery octavo (150 x 99mm). 461 leaves (of 468, without blanks). Printed on vellum in red and black. 4 full-page illuminated floral borders with painted armorials, partial illuminated floral borders, large and medium illuminated initials, smaller pen-flourished initials in red and blue ink (some worming affecting text and decoration, repaired vellum flaw at lower inner margin of early gathering, some other small vellum repairs, some leaves trimmed at outside edge). Early 19th-century morocco, edges gilt (a bit worn); custom chemise and slipcase. Provenance: erased stamp on the first leaf.