Sale 2497 - Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics, January 29, 2019

71 c   (ILLUMINATED RELIGIOUS MANUSCRIPT.) Livre d’heures [sic]. 95 pages, each hand-lettered and illuminated in ink and watercolor. 8vo, 20th century brown morocco with raised bands and gilt title (livre d’heures) on spine, gilt turn-ins, and watered silk endpapers by Bretault; all edges trimmed and gilt. France, late 19th century   [3,500/5,000] a charming illustrated handmade work by a woman named Elizabeth Lucos (signed on final page). Executed in painstaking detail and with great skill. The sections include: Souvenirs de Famille [4 pages], Ordinaire de laMesse [61 pages], Ceremonies du Mariage [5 pages], Messe de Mariage [24 pages], signature [1] page. Each page contains 13 lines of text, written in black ink with occasional use of red, within single line frame. Surrounding each frame is an elaborate border in numerous colors, often with gold and silver highlights, depicting animals, flowers, decorations, and biblical motifs.