Ces presentes heures a lusaige de Romme furent acheuees le xvii. iour de Auril. Lan .M.CCCC.iiii.xx. et xvii. pour Simon vostre Libraire demoura[n]t a la rue neueu a lenseigne sainct Jehan leuangeliste
Contributors: Pigouchet, Philippe, active 15th century-16th century, printer; Vostre, Simon, active 1488-1520, bookseller; Belton House (Lincolnshire, England)
Publisher: Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre
Published: 1496
Place of publication: Paris
Language: lat
Number of pages: 88
Work titles: Book of hours
Notes: Colophon (l8v): Ces presentes heures a lusage de Ro[m]me furent acheuees le. xx. iour de Mars Lan M.CCCC.iiii.xx [et] xvi. pour Simon vostre Libraire demourant a paris en la rue neuue a lenseigne sainct Iehan leuangeliste.

"The discrepancy between the date of the title and that of the colophon, and the relation in time of this and the following edition are unexplained ... In many copies, the concluding letters of the year-date on the title page have been erased and altered with pen and ink so as to read "xxi" instead of "xvii.""--BM 15th cent.

The almanac, which comprises the years 1488-1508, appears to be printed from the same setting up as in the Hours of January, 1496.

Signatures: a-ĺı

Title page vignette (printer's device (Renouard 919)); text within woodcut borders.

27 lines per page; black letter type; single- and double-line capital spaces within text.

BM 15th cent., VIII, p. 117 no. IA 40321

Goff, H382

Hain, 8852

ISTC ih00382000

Proctor, 8189

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in modern, green morocco panelled in triple-ruled gilt with floral cornerpieces. The spine is panelled and tooled in gilt with two red leather labels. The armorial bookplate of Belton House is present on the modern, front pastedown. The earlier, possibly original pastedowns/free endpapers, both of vellum, are still present. This copy is printed entirely on vellum, with initials and capitals rubricated in blue and red and illuminated. The text is hand-ruled in red.