Overview of Book

Book of Hours Printed by Thielman Kerver in Paris in 1507, Use of Rome

Languages: Mostly Latin with some French and Spanish

Illustrations: Kerver’s printer’s mark, 2 illustrated tables, 36 small metalcuts and 19 large metalcuts (1 repeat)

In-8° format, i (parchment) + 152 + i (parchment) unnumbered parchment leaves, complete, 19 quires (collation a-t8), signed in the first half of each quire with a minuscule letter followed by a roman numeral with slight variations in the notation: a.i a.ij a.iij a.iiij- h.i, etc.

Justification text and border 150 x 90, text alone 105 x 60 mm

Printed in a rounded gothic font on up to 25 lines, rubrics and headings within the borders printed in red, full metalcut borders on every text page

Kerver’s unicorn printer’s mark above the last page’s colophon dating the book to June 23, 1507

16th-century binding (for details please see condition report)