[Book of Hours]: Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis, S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi Jussu editum, et Urbani VIII.

Venetiis: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1741.

Price: $3,800.00

Hardcover. 12mo. pp. [i-ii] iii-xxiii [xxiv], 1- 453 [454-456]. Illustrated with an engraved title vignette and seven full-page copperplate engravings. Contemporary gilt paneled mottled calf, gilt spine, silk moiré pastedowns, all edges gilt. With metal edging frames and clasps, and two metal royal Arms, each with the same etched design, affixed to center of the front and back covers. Fading and cracking to the spine and joints, the edging frame on the front board is loose, very good. A scarce Italian *Book of Hours* with an impressive etched royal Coat of Arms depicting a "Chief of Anjou" above two dogs, and a mountain with three peaks ("monti di tre cime") sprouting a tree underneath three stars.

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Item #348424 [Book of Hours]: Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis, S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi Jussu editum, et Urbani VIII. Catholic Church.
[Book of Hours]: Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis, S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi Jussu editum, et Urbani VIII.
[Book of Hours]: Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis, S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi Jussu editum, et Urbani VIII.
[Book of Hours]: Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis, S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi Jussu editum, et Urbani VIII.
[Book of Hours]: Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis, S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi Jussu editum, et Urbani VIII.