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Lot 18
05.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 18 | [HEURES IMPRIMÉES SUR VÉLIN]
Estimate value
€ 3 000 – 4 000
[HEURES IMPRIMÉES SUR VÉLIN]
Officium beate Marie virginis ad usum Romane ecclesie. Lyon : Benoît Bonyn, 26 août 1501.

Troisième édition de ces rares Heures, imprimée sur vélin par Bonyn (Bonini de Boninis) en caractères gothiques plus petits que les précédentes, mais avec les mêmes figures et encadrements. « Les gravures, exécutées probablement en relief sur métal, qui les décorent les rendent très-curieuses; l’ajustement des entourages révèle un typographe consommé. Le goût italien s’y fait surtout remarquer, et l’on peut dire que c’est en ce genre le plus beau livre de style italien que nous connaissions. Les sujets placés au bas des pages ont une plus grande dimension que dans la plupart des éditions du même format que celle-ci » (Firmin-Didot).
L'exemplaire fit partie de la collection de l'industriel Alsacien Paul Harth, dont la bibliothèque était en particulier consacrée aux livres illustrés anciens.

USTC 123388 ; Baudrier, IV, pp. 16-17 ; Firmin-Didot, Catalogue raisonné, n°878 (pour une édition antérieure).
Petit in-8 (149 x 104 mm) de 144 feuillets (complet), imprimé en rouge et noir sur peau de vélin, rubriqué aux encres rouge et bleue. Encadrement gravé à chaque page, 16 grandes figures – l’illustration est la même que l’édition de 1499 (quelques travaux de vers et salissures). Reliure janséniste de Masson-Debonnelle en maroquin brun, tranches dorées (quelques frottements).
Provenance : Paul Harth (ex-libris, sa vente, Paris, 20 novembre 1985, lot n°89, acquis lors de cette vente par:) – Jean Marchand (ex-libris).

Fine copy of the scarce third edition of these Hours, printed on vellum, using the same illustrations as the first one from 1599. From the Paul Harth and Jean Marchand libraries.
Genre:Religious genre
Place of origin:France
Auction house category:Books
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