[BOOK OF HOURS] Les presentes heures a lusage de Romme... Paris: Nicolas Higman for Guillaume Godard, circa 1517. Paris: Nicolas Higman for Guillaume Godard, circa 1517. 19th century red morocco stamped in blind by W. H. Dalton. 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (17 x 11 cm); 86 leaves on vellum (of 112), illustrated with hand-illuminated metal cuts, but lacking all full-page miniatures other than the Anatomical Man, with nine (of twelve) surviving calendar miniatures, some historiated initials and fine borders in the text, and with the remarkable rebus device on the verso of the final leaf. Binding a bit scuffed, internally generally a clean example, imperfect as noted. Bookplate of "RG" (Lord Ronald Gower with the Sutherland arms on the pastedown and his 1861 Eton inscription on the flyleaf. Despite the defects noted above, a very beautiful piece of Parisian printing on vellum, with a noteworthy rebus device at the end. Ronald Gower the youngest son of George, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, is generally identified as the model for Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray. C
[BOOK OF HOURS] Les presentes heures a lusage de Romme... Paris: Nicolas Higman for Guillaume Godard, circa 1517. Paris: Nicolas Higman for Guillaume Godard, circa 1517. 19th century red morocco stamped in blind by W. H. Dalton. 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (17 x 11 cm); 86 leaves on vellum (of 112), illustrated with hand-illuminated metal cuts, but lacking all full-page miniatures other than the Anatomical Man, with nine (of twelve) surviving calendar miniatures, some historiated initials and fine borders in the text, and with the remarkable rebus device on the verso of the final leaf. Binding a bit scuffed, internally generally a clean example, imperfect as noted. Bookplate of "RG" (Lord Ronald Gower with the Sutherland arms on the pastedown and his 1861 Eton inscription on the flyleaf. Despite the defects noted above, a very beautiful piece of Parisian printing on vellum, with a noteworthy rebus device at the end. Ronald Gower the youngest son of George, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, is generally identified as the model for Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray. C
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