Van De Passe, Crispin - De platen van het Getijdenboek. Antwerp, Museum Plantin-Moretus, [1900-1901], 8vo, cont. polished calf, gilt central ornament and double ruled border on covers, gilt spine on 5 raised bands, a.e.g., orig. grey paper wr. pres.
Estimation :
€150/200
Adjudication :
360 €
Description
Very nice copy. rare and beautiful reproduction of 46 plates (including 36 Passion scenes) intended for a small format Book of Hours to be publ. by Chr. Plantin in 1588, but never finished as such. The drawings by Maarten de Vos (1531-1603) were engraved by Cr. van de Passe. One of the fine bibliophile publications from the early years of the Plantin-Moretus Museum by its first curator Max Rooses (1839-1914). Ref. M. Rooses, Cat. Musée Plantin-Moretus, n. 17 and 42. We join: Wiericx, Jan - Les planches du bréviaire in-8. Ibidem, [1900], 8vo, cont. polished calf, gilt central ornament and double ruled border on covers, gilt spine on 5 raised bands, a.e.g. some spotting, not affecting any pl. rare and beautiful reproduction of 12 plates intended for a small format Book of Hours to be publ. by Chr. Plantin but never finished as such. The drawings were engraved by Jan Wiericx. Also a fine bibliophile publication. Ref. M. Rooses, Cat. Musée Plantin- Moretus, XXX.
