Octavo. Scarce. Almost complete, lack four leaves. Printed on vellum, 32 lines, with Latin and French text. Bound in 17th/18th century calf, spine with raised bands and six gilt decorated compartments, marbled endpapers, red dyed edges, paper flyleaves. Joints are cracked and worn and the binding is rubbed. Cover corners bumped and worn. The book internally is in good overall condition. 18 hand-coloured illustrations; comprising 14 half page metalcuts within architectural decorative frames, 2 small roundels and a pair of small vignettes - decorative initials throughout. Paris was the epicentre of the production of printed books of Hours from the latter half of the 15th century up until the middle of the next century. Germain Hardouyn (fl.1521-1541) was an illuminator, printer, bookseller, and publisher associated with the University of Paris. Coloured plates in order: 1. Printer's device of two winged cherubs holding a shield hung from a tree with flowers in the background; red lined gold frame around the text. 2. Small vignette of an image of a miraculous host, not coloured, excepting an orange background and a red-lined gold frame surrounding text. 3. John on Patmos with an Eagle. 4. A roundel of St. Luke. 5. A roundel of a pair of saintly figures (old / young) with books. 6. The Annunciation. 7. The Visitation of St. Elizabeth and the Virgin Mary. 8. The Crucifixion. 9. Pentecost with the Holy Spirit above the heads of the Virgin Mary and apostles. 10. The Nativity with the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph adoring the Infant Christ. 11. The Annunciation to two shepherds tending their flock. 12. The Adoration of the Magi. 13. The Presentation in the Temple. 14. Coronation of the Virgin. 15. David spies on Bathsheba bathing with her female attendant. 16. Job is seated on a dung hill, witnessed by his wife and friend. 17. The Holy Trinity. 18. A vignette of the Virgin and a female saint.