(1891) Signed Roman Christian "Book of Hours" with 516 engraved pages
We are offering here a beautiful Roman Catholic "Book of Hours" from 1891 published by Alfred Mame et Fils. This richly illuminated Christian devotional book contains 516 pages illustrated by famous French engravers A. Queyroy and A. Gusman, including a Frontispiece, Engraved title page, 25 engraved plates and 5 engraved chapter titles.
Bound in a tobacco Morocco leather binding, with very rich decorated front and rear paste-down with gilt frames and tobacco Moirée silk. Free endpapers also accompanied by tobacco Moirée silk. Pages/text block from high quality woven paper by Alfred Mame et Fils. Binding SIGNED by stamped signature "BOUASSE JEUNE PARIS" to the top left corner of the first flyleaf by famous French binder Bouasse-Jeune (Bouasse-Jeune was a prominent 19th- and 20th-century French publishing and printing house based in Paris, specializing in Catholic religious imagery, holy cards (images pieuses), books, and devotional art).
"Heures Romaines"; Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1891; Size of the book: 15,8 x 12,5 cm (6.2" x 4.9"); Tobacco Morocco leather binding with gilt frames to the boards and spine, gilt title to the spine. All page edges gilt; Text in French; Collation complete - Free endpaper, (3) blank leaves, False-title, Frontispiece, Engraved title page, [20], 516 pages with 25 engraved plates included, (3) blank leaves, free endpaper; Full leather binding is strong, tight and firm, overall in pristine condition, with negligible bumping and discoloration. Pages/Text block also in immaculate condition, clean and bright, no any marks or foxing throughout, completing this copy in hard-to-find condition. Overall the condition of the book is NEAR FINE.