Title from spine. French, perhaps from Rouen. Written in a humanistic book script in black ink, with many illuminated initials and line-endings. At the beginning of the text ("fo. I" in the original foliation) there is a miniature of a bishop in a church performing the rite of dedication. Opposite is a drawing of the arms of a bishop in the Potier de La Morandière family, added later. Later binding in red morocco, gilt. In a tray case, 29 cm. Rev. Henry Drury (his sale, London, 19 Feb. 1827, lot 3858); bought by Clarke; Earl Brownlow, Belton House (bookplate; his sale, London, Sotheby's 15 Apr. 1929, lot 745). Bought by Philip Hoferfrom Maggs and presented in 1942.
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