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Philippe Pigouchet is one of the best-known Parisian printers of the later 15th and early 16th centuries. He produced numerous books between circa 1488 and 1515 and worked for various publishers, especially for Simon Vostre, who, apart from Antoine Vérard, was the most important publisher in Paris at that time. This fruitful cooperation produced, among other works, a number of richly illustrated books of hours, which were to play an important role in the evolution of printing in France. This precious book of hours was printed on parchment and lavishly ...