Breviarium, use of Sarum, pars hyemalis, Paris, 1530, modern calf by Zaehnsdorf

BREVIARIUM. USE OF SARUM

Pars hyemalis. Breviarium ad usum insignis ecclesie Sarum, novissime castigatum. Paris: widow of Thielman Kerver, 1530

16mo in 8s (97 x 72mm.), printed in red and black, woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials and full-page woodcut facing AA1 with modern colouring, twentieth-century painted frontispiece, some crossings out as usual, crushed tan morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt edges, some headlines cropped or shaved, i1 slightly torn without loss, upper cover detached

A charming miniature breviary, printed in Paris for the English market. This winter section is not recorded by ESTC. As usual, some of the sections have been crossed through which relate to e.g. Thomas a Becket or a Pope.

For a detailed collation, please see the printed catalogue.

LITERATURE:

Bohatta Breviere 2696 (both parts); BP16 106200 (both parts); cf. STC 15828 (just the summer part, copy recorded in the Bodleian only)

PROVENANCE:

Cynthia Mary, bookplate