(1884) Personalised copy of Christian "Hours of the Holy Virgin" with 11 Chromolithographs
We are offering here the French Christian devotional book "Hours of the Holy Virgin" from 1884 bound in an unique teal Morocco leather binding. This exquisite Christian Catholic devotional book is richly illuminated and illustrated with 11 Chromolithograph Plates illustrated by famous French painter and illustrator Mathurin Louis Armand Queyroy and engraved by A. Gusman. All 432 pages richly illuminated and illustrated by A. Queyroy.
Personalised copy bound in a teal Morocco leather binding with the ex-owner's name MADELEINE DELORME chased in gilt at the bottom of the spine. A small gilt label "IMPRIMERIE-LIBRAIRIE PIVOTEAU ST. AMAND" pasted to the top left corner of the front free endpaper (the printing house run by the Pivoteau family was a long-established printing, bookselling, and stationery business located in Saint-Amand-Montrond, France, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries). Richly decorated front and rear paste-down with gilt fleurons and teal Moirée silk. Free endpapers also accompanied by teal Moirée silk. Pages/text block from high quality woven paper by Alfred Mame et Fils.
"Heures de la Sainte Vierge avec figures par A. Queyroy"; Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1884; Teal Morocco leather binding. Spine with five raised bands. Gilt title at the top of the spine and ex-owner's name in gilt at the bottom of the spine. All page edges gilt; Size of the book: 15,3 x 12 cm (6" x 4.7"); Text in French; Collation - Free endpaper, (3) blank leaves, Engraved half-title, Engraved title page, 432 illuminated pages with 11 chromolithograph plates (frontispiece plate missing), (3) blank leaves, free endpaper; Full leather binding is strong, tight and firm, overall in very good condition. Boards little rubbed, corners with minor bumping, a few negligible surface scratches/scuffings and slight discoloration. Pages/Text block in excellent condition, clean and very bright, no any marks or foxing throughout, only with a slight yellowing to the blank pages and white margins of a few text pages. Overall the condition of the book is NEAR FINE.