[PRINTED HOURS]. - Lot 37

[PRINTED HOURS]. Hours for the use of Rome. Paris, Thielman Kerver for Gilles Remacle, May 14, 1501 [almanac for 1497 to 1520]. In Latin and French, printed on vellum. With 37 large engravings and 16 small engravings; historiated engraved borders, some with screened backgrounds. Engravings after models by the Master of the Très petites Heures d'Anne de Bretagne (Master of the Rose de l'Apocalypse in the Sainte-Chapelle [MdA]) ["MdA für Kerver, 1497-1502"; "Kleinbilder MdA für Kerver, circa 1497"]. Large in-8°, 95 ff. [of 96 ff.], lacking title leaf with Kerver's typographical mark (sig. A1 recto) and Anatomical Man and Signs of the Zodiac (sig. A1 verso) [collation: A7 (mq A1) B-M8], gothic characters (bastard gothic), initials painted red or blue with gold highlights, line ends in the same style, engravings and borders in black, colophon at the end of the work (sig. M8 verso). Bound in brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated, brass clasps, red speckled edges (late 17th or early 18th century binding). Antique binding, complete with clasps. Binding damaged, with the headpieces torn off and leather missing from the upper part of the second cover. Mottling on the endpapers, also affecting the first and last leaves. Stains at the bottom of leaves K4 verso and K5 recto, with damage to the frame. Binding dimensions: 214x135mm; leaf dimensions: 205x132mm Brunet, Hours, no. 171. - Lacombe, 104 - Tenschert and Nettekoven, Horae B. M. V.: 158 Stundenbuchdrucke der Sammlung Bibermühle, Ramsen, 2003, I, no. 33 and IV, no. 33a. The engravings in these Hours are based on models attributable to the artist known as "Maître des Très Petites Heures d'Anne de Bretagne" (after the Paris Hours, BnF NAL 3120) or "Maître de la Rose de l'Apocalypse de la Sainte-Chapelle", active in Paris around 1490 to circa 1508/1510. A painter, illuminator, engraver, designer of tapestry patterns and stained glass cartoons for several Parisian churches, this artist is considered the successor of the Master of Dreux Budé (André d'Ypres?), then of the Master of Coëtivy (Nicolas or Colin d'Amiens, aka Nicolas d'Ypres?): he could be identified with Jean d'Ypres (died 1508). Like his contemporary the Maître du cardinal de Bourbon, the Maître des Très Petites Heures d'Anne de Bretagne supplied drawings for engravings in the "Ypres style", following in the footsteps of the Maître de Coëtivy, between 1489 and 1507, for illustrated editions by Jean Dupré, Simon Vostre, Thielman Kerver and Antoine Vérard, among others. Exceptionally, the artist also illuminates his own engravings. Colophon: "Ces presentes heures a l'usaige de Rom[m]e furent achevées le .xiiii. jour de may l'an mil cinq cens et ung. Par Thielman Kerver imprimeur & libraire juré de l'université de Paris pour Gillet Remacle libraire demourant sur le pont sainct Michel a l'enseigne de la Licorne". Provenance: old signature on the first and last leaves, partly redacted or modified, "De Mathiori in finem" and "Mathiori" (or should it read "Malgiori" after the modification?). Text: Sig. A2, Almanac for the years 1497-1520 - Sig. A2v-A8, Calendar. - Sig. A8v-B6v, Evangelical pericopes. - Sig. B7-E7, Hours of the Virgin, for use in Rome. - Sig. E7v-F7, Penitential psalms and litanies. - Sig. F7v-H1v, Office of the Dead. - Sig. H2-H3v, Hours of the Cross. - Sig. H4-H5v, Hours of the Holy Spirit. - Sig. H6-K6v, Suffrages to the saints and prayers. - Sig. K6v-K8v, Hours of the Conception of the Virgin. - Sig. L1-M7, Prayers and suffrages. - Sig. M7v-M8, Table of Hours. - Sig. M8v, Sonnet, "En la par fin de l'oeuvre louer dieu...". - Sig. M8v, colophon (see above). Illustration: Sig. A8v, Martyrdom of Saint John. - Sig. B1v, Saint Luke. - Sig. B2, Saint Matthew. - Sig. B2v, Saint Mark. - Sig. B3, Judas' betrayal and Jesus' arrest. - Sig. B7, Annunciation. - Sig. C5v, Visitation. - Sig. D2, Nativity. -Sig. D3v, Announcement to the shepherds. - Sig. D5, Adoration of the Magi. - Sig. D6v, Presentation at the Temple. - Sig. D8, Flight to Egypt. - Sig. E2, Coronation of the Virgin Mary. - Sig. E7v, David and Bathsheba at the bath. - Sig. F7v, Job on his dung heap mocked by his wife and friends; Death piercing a man. - Sig. H2, Crucifixion. - Sig. H4, Pentecost. - Sig. H6, Trinity and Tetramorph. - Sig. H6v, Christ blessing. - Sig. H6v, Christ of pity supported by an angel. - Sig. H7, Pentecost. - Sig. H7, Veronica's veil. - Sig. H7v, Virgin and Child. - Sig. I1, Pietà. - Sig. I2v, Crucifixion between Mary and John. - Sig. I3, Saint Michael and the dragon. - Sig. I3v, Saint John the Baptist.