Greek Book of Hours.- Horologion, 716 (Greek numerals), [20] pp., printed in red and black, title with vignette depicting Virgin and Child, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, 8 full-page woodcuts and numerous vignettes in text, occasional light browning, a few manuscript notes on recto of front flyleaf, 20th-century brown morocco, covers within blind fillets and richly tooled border, central gilt vignette of cross (upper) and Virgin praying (lower), metal clasps intact, spine with two raised bands, compartments decorated with small gilt floral device, g.e., 8vo (125 x 83mm.), Venice, Andrea Giuliani, 1676. ⁂ One of the rarest Greek liturgical editions printed in Venice in the 17th century. Responsible for this fine illustrated book, intended for the Greek community, was Andrea Giuliani, heir of Francesco, and active in Venice between 1656 and 1690."Towards the end of the sixteenth century, from 1590, we hear of an extremely productive Venetian publishing house belonging to the Giuliani family, which concentrated on Greek liturgical books [...] this firm established itself firmly as a publisher of Greek books and maintained the tradition until the early decades of the eighteenth century" (K. Sp. Staikos, Greek Philosophical Editions in the First Century of Printing, Athens 2001, p. 87). Provenance: ownership inscription dated '1694' on title, barely legible.
Greek Book of Hours.- Horologion, 716 (Greek numerals), [20] pp., printed in red and black, title with vignette depicting Virgin and Child, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, 8 full-page woodcuts and numerous vignettes in text, occasional light browning, a few manuscript notes on recto of front flyleaf, 20th-century brown morocco, covers within blind fillets and richly tooled border, central gilt vignette of cross (upper) and Virgin praying (lower), metal clasps intact, spine with two raised bands, compartments decorated with small gilt floral device, g.e., 8vo (125 x 83mm.), Venice, Andrea Giuliani, 1676. ⁂ One of the rarest Greek liturgical editions printed in Venice in the 17th century. Responsible for this fine illustrated book, intended for the Greek community, was Andrea Giuliani, heir of Francesco, and active in Venice between 1656 and 1690."Towards the end of the sixteenth century, from 1590, we hear of an extremely productive Venetian publishing house belonging to the Giuliani family, which concentrated on Greek liturgical books [...] this firm established itself firmly as a publisher of Greek books and maintained the tradition until the early decades of the eighteenth century" (K. Sp. Staikos, Greek Philosophical Editions in the First Century of Printing, Athens 2001, p. 87). Provenance: ownership inscription dated '1694' on title, barely legible.
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