Book of Hours, Use of Rome, Latin Manuscript on Parchment.

Description:

Book of Hours, Use of Rome, Latin Manuscript on Parchment. Small format manuscript with several illuminated borders and small illuminated initials, one full page miniature of a Benedictine monk, approximately 166 leaves, incomplete, a few leaves torn with loss, text ends unexpectedly; bound in full 18th century tooled calf, rebacked, 4 x 2 7/8 in.
Estimate $2,000-3,000


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