Book of Hours, single vellum hand-illuminated leaf colour and gold
by Prepared by Simon Vostre for Nicolas Higman,
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Westbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Philippe Pigouchet, Paris, 1512. First Edition. Softcover. Fine/No Jacket. Book of Hours, printed single vellum leaf hand-illuminated recto and verso in colour and gold, prepared by Simon Vostre for Nicolas Higman, c. 185 x 118mm. Ruled Latin text (French captions in panel borders) printed in red and black on vellum. Initials paragraph markers and endings illuminated by hand in gold on grounds of blue or magents. In Fine condition.
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- Seller
- finecopy ltd (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 110246
- Title
- Book of Hours, single vellum hand-illuminated leaf colour and gold
- Author
- Prepared by Simon Vostre for Nicolas Higman,
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Philippe Pigouchet, Paris, 1512
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finecopy ltd
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Westbury, Wiltshire
About finecopy ltd
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...