Livre de prières
Subtitle: tissé d'apres les enluminures des manuscrits du XIV au XVI siècle
Contributors: Hervier, R. P. J., designer; Roux, A., publisher; Kauffmann, J., binder; Horclos, F., binder
Publisher: A. Roux
Published: 1886
Place of publication: Lyon
Language: fre
Subjects: French Prayer books; Jacquard weaving; Specimens; Fine books
Description: The book was woven on Jacquard looms employing the punched-card system; entirely woven in black on sheets of silver gray silk, text and decorations. The sheets are mounted on paper and bound together.
Notes: Woven on silk including silk end sheets.

Ornamental borders on all sheets.

Colophon: Cet ouvrage a été heureusement achevé à Lyon le viii Sept. la̓n de 17.S. mdccclxxxvii sur les dessins du R.P.J. Hervier S.M. par J.A. Henry, fabricant. A. Roux libraire éditeur Lyon.

Rare Book copy: Bound in  chocolate morocco, red silk endpapers, preserved in brown silk chemise and slipcase. Binding signed J. Kauffmann, F. Horclos.