A delightful mid-15th Century French Book of hours likely produced for the devotion of an English women - with 5 large illuminated pages
"A Young Maiden of Secota"
Quarto (28 x 22cm)
remained the main calendar until 1876
The Bijin are shown in beautiful silk kimonos with extensive use of vivid colours
De Reyse en Optkeningh Van den Heer Boulaye le Gouz - Middle East, India, Oxford, Globe Theatre London. map A delightful mid-15th Century French"De Reyse en Optkeningh Van den Heer Boullaye le Gouz" The Voyage and Observations of Boullaye de la Gouz Published by Jacob Benjamijn in Amsterdam in 1660 [3],240,[1] (complete) with engraved Title page, 1 full page plate and 12 figures in text Small Quarto in 4s: 3*,a4 gg4, 1 loss of paper (without text loss) to corner of 154, modern binding, some stains to pages, some minor losses, minor worming to inner margin of first 60 pages. The title page is