[BOOK OF HOURS.]
Illuminated manuscript on vellum, in Latin and French. 85 leaves. Initials and line-fillers in blue and red with gold, illuminated floral borders throughout, lacking miniatures. 12mo (approx 130 x 170 mm). Bound in black morocco gilt with "Paroissien" to spine. Many leaves loose.
There is a 19th c. leaf bound in at rear explaining, in French, that the manuscript belonged to Jessanne, wife of Monseigneur du Plessis, 1516.
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