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Book of Hours printed on vellum Horae, use of Rome. 1500 [1501] HORAE, use of Rome, in Latin and French – Hore intemerate Virginis Mariae secundum Usum Romanum. [Paris:] Thielman Kerver for Gilles Remacle, 5 January 1500 [1501]. The Doheny-Nakles copy of a rare Book of Hours, printed on vellum by Thielman Kerver. Soon after his first appearance as libraire in 1497, Kerver set up his own press in partnership with Georg Wolf with material from Wolf's previous association with Johann Philippi. Printing largely for other publishers, during the first few years Kerver's output was evenly divided between classical and humanist texts and Books of Hours; it was later weighted more heavily to production of the more lucrative liturgical texts. He continued printing until his death in 1522. Only 7 other copies are recorded in ISTC, of which this is one of 3 printed on vellum. R 1542; Bohatta Livres d'heures 593; Brunet V, 1617, Heures gothiques 166; Pollard, Morgan 581; Goff H-402. Median octavo (168 x 112mm). Printed on vellum. 120 leaves. Printer's unicorn device (Renouard 499), 17 large and 27 small metalcut illustrations (2 repeated), metalcut historiated and decorative borders on every page, including a Creation series, a Biblia Pauperum series, orders of the Church, Last Judgement, grotesques, etc. One- and two-line initials, paragraph marks and line fillers illuminated in gold on alternating red and blue grounds (unobtrusive marginal repairs to d3-4 touching border of d4). 18th-century French mottled calf, narrow gilt floral roll and fillet panel on sides, single gilt fleuron on compartments of spine, edges stained green (corners lightly rubbed). Provenance: F.C.M. (19th-or 20th-century inscription on front free endpaper) – Alice Millard (1933 collation note) – Estelle Doheny (bookplate, sale Christie's New York, Part I, 27 October 1987, lot 129) – Ned. J. Nakles (sale Christie's New York, 17 April 2000, lot 167).