8vo, 189 ff, gothic letter, entirely printed in red and black, 13 large woodcuts and woodcut borders of Biblical subjects, in compartments, round each page. Quire signatures printed at upper outside corner. Lacking the final 5 lvs. (supplied in fac-simile). The book of hours opens with a perpetual calendar showing the typical labours or pleasures of that month, also the zodiac sign. The woodcut borders in the book are sometimes repeated. A few lvs age-toned. Original Venetian binding, in 16th century black morocco, sides gilt, edges gilt and gauffered (clasps missing, hinges weak)
"Heraldic bookplate Buckworth ; stamp on fly-leaf F. Fasting, Rio de Janeiro Ref. Bohatta II, 132 ; Essling I, 433 ; Lacombe 573. ""Les bordures des pages sont finement gravées; caractères d'une netteté remarquable"""
