[Queyroy, Armand; Catholic Church.]. Heures de la Sainte Vierge: Avec Figures par A. Queyroy. Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, M D CCC LXXXIV. [1884].
Leather-bound. Hardcover. Duodecimo (155 x 110 mm.), pp. 432. French text with some Latin. Exquisitely bound in full French levant (crushed morocco) by A. B. [signed in gilt to front endpaper]; elaborate gilt-blocked pattern and gilt ruling on both covers; spine compartments with gilt centre tools, lettering in second compartment; gilt inner dentelles; all page edges gilt; silk endpapers. Printed in red and black. Decorative half-title and title-page, publisher's device verso half-title. Text beautifully framed on three sides by superb architectural and ornamental borders. 12 color plates including a frontis, representing all the scenes from the life of the Blessed Virgin. Condition: NEAR FINE. Some very light surface marks, age related toning and handling. A wonderful copy of this book of hour of the Holy Virgin.
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