Paris & Versailles: Chez l'Autheur, 1690. leather_bound. Later full brown calf. Aeg. Near fine. 260 pages. 18 x 12.4 cm. Later variant printed by Hansy. Dedication and with head-piece of sirens on p.210 revealing their breasts covered in later, our issue -- Second state headpiece on page 210, finely engraved throughout with ornamental borders, vignettes, head- & tail-pieces and pictorial initials. Exquisite calligraphic prayer book beautifully illustrated with charming decorations of flowers, birds et al. With no p.47 as correct p.223 is apparently numbered twice. BONACINI p.308. COHEN-de RICCI 487. Unsigned gilt armorial bookplate, inner dentelles and multi colored floral endpapers.

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Bookseller: Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 24031
Title: Heures Nouvelles dediées a Madame la Dauphine
Author: (Horea, B.M.V.) Senault, Louis
Format/Binding: Leather_bound
Book Condition: Used - Later full brown calf. Aeg. Near fine
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Chez l'Autheur
Place of Publication: Paris & Versailles
Date Published: 1690
Keywords: Literature
Bookseller catalogs: Design; Religion;

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Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
AEG: All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
Second State: used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...