[BREVIARY]. Breviarium romanum, ex decreto... - Lot 105 - Ader

[BREVIARY]. Breviarium romanum, ex decreto sacrosancti Concilij Tridentini restitutum. Pars Hyemalis. Paris : Societatem typographicam librorum officii ecclesiastici, 1604. - In-8, 183 x 119: (40 ff.), 843, 210 pp. and (1 f.). Dark brown morocco, boards decorated in the centre with an oval medallion representing the crucifixion on the first board and the annunciation on the second, surrounded by foliage irons and inscribed in a central rectangular compartment decorated with foliage, scrolls and flowers at the corners, the whole surrounded by a large gilt frame made of fillets, foliage scrolls and floral scrolls, remnants of ties; smooth spine richly decorated in the same spirit, gilt edges (period binding). Edition printed in red and black, illustrated with a title vignette with the arms of Pope Clement VIII and 8 full-page figures in a splendid floral frame, engraved by Jean Messager (1580-1649) after Léonard Gaultier (1561?-1635?). This copy is covered with a superb and rich decorated binding of the period. It has two medallions in the centre of the boards, often used at the time, representing on the first one the crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene and John, placed in such a way that they form the letters IHS, and on the second one the scene of the Annunciation. Its composition and ornaments are inspired in particular by those found on certain bindings made for the congregation of the White Penitents of the Annunciation of Our Lady. But these bindings are identified by the presence on the back of a small coat of arms of France and the motto "Spes mea Deus" of King Henry III, which are not shown here. This copy was part of the very beautiful Catalogue of bindings from the 15th to the 19th century of the Gumuchian bookshop, published in 1929, appearing under the number 120, with a reproduction. Gumuchian attributes it to the workshop of Nicolas Eve, which is not possible since the latter died in 1581. Unfortunately, the workshop that made this binding has not yet been determined. Missing the ties that were present at the time of the Gumuchian catalogue, renewed endpapers. Heavy soiling and staining to the leaves, tears to some. Restoration and missing at the bottom of the title. Provenance: W. H. Corfield, with bookplate.