Litaniae Omnium Sanctorum cum selectis aliquot Hymnis & Orationibus

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Litaniae Omnium Sanctorum cum selectis aliquot Hymnis & Orationibus

Publisher Plantin Press, Antwerp, 1621 (Baltasar Moretum, Johannes Moreti, Io. Meruiseum)

Binder [Le Gascon]

Place of OriginParis, France

Date1621

DimensionsBook: 6 3/8 × 3 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (162 × 98 × 31mm)
Page: 6 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (159 × 95mm)

Mediumoriginal prints: engraved vignette on title page, frontispiece text: letterpress in black with red paper: cream laid paper

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1920.39

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Label Text"Fanfare" is an elaborate style of decoration consisting of interlaced bands enclosing geometrical compartments filled with leafy spirals (here done by a system of solid lines and tiny dots). Elsewhere on the binding, one can note the fleur-de-lys emblem, the crowned "L" and Louis XIII royal coat of arms in the center. This is a brilliant achievement in book binding. Later, this prayer book was in a distinguished library of Robert Hoe, whose forebears invented the rotary printing press (widely used for printing newspapers until recently).Exhibition HistoryTMA, Paper Roses: Garden-Inspired Works on Paper. Feb. 21-May 18, 2014.