Signature E begins with a leaf the recto of which is blank, while on the verso is the angel of the Annunciation, as in the edition of 1531. The large plate, the Triumph of the Virgin Mary, is also included in this edition.
II. HORE BEATE MARIE VIRGINIS AD USUM FRATRUM PREDICATORUM ORDINIS SANCTI DOMINICI: FIGURIS UTRIUSQUE TESTAMENTI AC PERVENUSTIS IMAGINIBUS ET IIS QUIDEM NON PAUCIS, PASSIM DECORATE, ATQUE OFFICIO CONCEPTIONS IMMACULE VIRGINIS ET OFFICIO SANCTI DOMINICI IN ALIIS ORARIIS ACTENUS IMPRESSUS NEQUAQUE INSERTIS AD AUCTE. (Here the figure of St. Dominic holding an open book in his left hand, and in the right a staff with the cross at the end. At his feet lies a dog. The Lorraine cross is at the left.) Venundantur Parisiis, in edibus vidue spectabilis viri Thielmanni Kerver, in vico divi Jacobi, sub signo Unicornis, ubi et impresse.—M.D. XLII.'
Octavo; signatures A to X, and a to c: in all, 26 forms. The title-page engraving reappears on leaf R 4 verso. The others are not signed.
III. HEURES À L'USAGE DE TOUL: AU LONG SANS REQUERIR.
Octavo of 156 unpaged leaves. Calendar from 1541 to 1564. At the bottom of the last page are the words: 'Imprimé à Troyes chez Jean Lecoq.' Gothic type, printed in red and black.
The only copy of this book that I have seen is in the Bibliothèque Publique of Besançon. It has 30 engravings, including the printer's mark, which is on the title-page. The mark and three other engravings of the first series are signed with the Lorraine cross. A list of all the engravings follows:—
- First series, .06 mm. by .043 mm.
- 1. Printer's mark (signed).
- 2. Jesus in the Garden of Olives (signed).
- 3. Annunciation of the Virgin.
- 4. The Visitation.
- 5. The Nativity.
- 6. Adoration of the Shepherds.
- 7. Adoration of the Magi.
- 8. The Presentation in the Temple.
- 9. Massacre of the Innocents.
- 10. Death of the Virgin (signed).
- 11. The Crucifix.
- 12. Pentecost.
- 13. Bathsheba at the Bath (signed).
- 14. Resurrection of Lazarus.
- 15. Vision of St. Gregory.
- Second series, .034 mm. by .022 mm.
- 1. The Trinity.
- 2. Death piercing with a Spear the Great Men of Earth.
- 3. St. Anne.
- 4. All Saints.
- 5. Ecce Homo.
- 6. The Virgin.
- 7. The Beheading of St. John Baptist.
- 8. St. Sebastian.
- 9. St. Nicholas.
- 10. St. Martin.
- 11. St. Catherine.
- 12. St. Barbara.
- 13. Our Lady of Pity.
- 14. Virgo Gloriosa.
- 15. Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows.