Christopher Plantin's Books of Hours: Illustration and Production / / edited by Karen Lee Bowen.

• Superior document: Bibliotheca Bibliographica Neerlandica ; 32
• VerfasserIn: Bowen, Karen Lee,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1997.; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Series: Bibliotheca Bibliographica Neerlandica ; 32.; European History and Culture - Book Archive pre-2000.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (492 pages) :; illustrations.

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Karen Lee Bowen -- Acknowledgements / Karen Lee Bowen -- Notice to the Reader / Karen Lee Bowen -- List of Figures / Karen Lee Bowen -- Chapter 1 Introduction / Karen Lee Bowen -- Chapter 2 Early Printed Books of Hours / Karen Lee Bowen -- Chapter 3 Christopher Plantin and an Overview of his Production of Books of Hours / Karen Lee Bowen -- Chapter 4 The Illustration of Plantin’s Horae (1557-1570) / Karen Lee Bowen -- Chapter 5 The Illustration of Plantin’s Officia (1572-1589) / Karen Lee Bowen -- Chapter 6 Spain and Plantin’s Production of Officia / Karen Lee Bowen -- Chapter 7 The Influence of the Decoration of Plantin’s Books of Hours / Karen Lee Bowen -- Chapter 8 Catalogue of Christopher Plantin’s Books of Hours / Karen Lee Bowen -- Chapter 9 Conclusion / Karen Lee Bowen -- Back Matter -- Table I: Editions of French Books of Hours Published between 1501-1510 and 1526-1535 / Karen Lee Bowen -- Table II: Series of Illustrations included in Plantin’s Horae / Karen Lee Bowen -- Table III: Sample Series of Illustrations included in Plantin’s Officia / Karen Lee Bowen -- Index I: Chronological List of Plantin’s Books of Hours / Karen Lee Bowen -- Index II: Subjects of the Illustrations / Karen Lee Bowen -- Index III: Personal Names / Karen Lee Bowen -- Index IV: Collections / Karen Lee Bowen -- Bibliography / Karen Lee Bowen -- Illustrations / Karen Lee Bowen.