Christopher Plantin's Books of Hours: Illustration and Production

by Karen Lee Bowen

An in-depth examination of Plantin's large-scale production of books of hours, comprising a survey of their illustration as well as accounts of the general process by which they were printed. A pioneer study of great interest both from the art-historical and from the bibliographical point of view. Contains inter alia many additions and corrections's to Voet's The Plantin Press.

492 pages, Leather Bound

First published January 1, 1997