[RARE LIVRE SUR SOIE] - Livre de prières tissé, d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. - 1886

Woven prayer book, based on the illuminations in manuscripts from the 14th to the 16th century.

At J.A Henry (manufacturer) and A. Roux (bookseller-publisher), Lyon [1886], square duodecimo (15 x 17.5 cm), unbound sheets in a case signed by Patrice Goy and Carinne Vilaine, in dark blue morocco, with the front cover under plexiglass.

Collation: 1 leaf (half-title, cartouche intended for a name), 1 leaf (title page, permission to weave), 1 leaf (half-title bearing: Les Prières du matin et du soir), XLIII pp., 1 unnumbered p. (Table of Contents and colophon), complete.

A rare example of this book woven in black and silver silk, of which only about fifty copies were produced. The illustrations comprise four reproductions of illuminations, three of them full-page, as well as numerous initials and borders inspired by books of hours.

Copy in its original state, in sheets, the leaves consisting of two pages joined back to back and pasted together with a thin, durable paper (see the enclosed description from the Bulletin du bibliophile). The original lace-up wrapper that housed the set and protected the book before it was bound has been preserved. Everything is in perfect condition.

This substantial work, remarkable for its technical achievement and fine execution, required two years of work.

Included with this copy is a collection of documents relating to the publication’s history, including auction results and reproductions of the pages from the 1883 Bulletin du bibliophile et du bibliothécaire, which devoted an entire article to this fabulous work.

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