Printed Book of Hours / Simon Vostre

Printed Book of Hours (Use of Paris). In Latin and French
Paris. Printed by Ulrich Gering and Berthold Rembolt for Simon Vostre, 8 September 1498. 16 large metalcuts and 29 small metalcuts by the Master of Anne of Brittany. This is an extremely rare incunable Book of Hours, with only three known copies recorded, used as a primer by children to learn how to read. It is illustrated with a selection of cuts taken from the second set of metalcuts used by Simon Vostre and based on designs by the Master of Anne of Brittany. These cuts were amply used to illustrate the famous Books of Hours commercialized by Simon Vostre in the last decade of the fifteenth century.