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The octavo Latin Bibles of the Kerver press, fifteen editions of which appeared between 1508 and 1560, were closely patterned after Froben's edition, Basel, 1591 (the first Bible printed in octavo form), both as regards the text, based on the "Fontibus ex Græcis" editions, 1478 ff., and the introductory and supplementary matter of various origin accompanying it.
Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University Addison Van Name
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The Kerver press was less celebrated for its Bibles than for liturgical works, and for the books of private devotion (_Horae, Heures_) of which
Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University Addison Van Name
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A deplorable example of such extravagance is presented by a Sarum "Horæ" of Thielman Kerver printed at Paris in
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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"I am Yvon, son of the Baron Kerver in Brittany, and I am come to seek my fortune," replied the youth.
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In addition to reproducing one of the finest, we give, on p. 9, also a reduced facsimile of a title-page of a book, the joint venture of Petit and Kerver; the combination of the two names on one title-page is distinctly novel and curious.
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The family of printers with whose name the unicorn is almost as closely associated as the compass is with Plantin, is that of Kerver, for it has been employed in over a dozen different forms by one or other members from the end of the fifteenth century to the latter part of the sixteenth.
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The house of Kerver is rich in knights, and has no need of a child; it is time for me to go to seek my fortune.
Laboulaye's Fairy Book Edouard Laboulaye 1847
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His heart beat; he looked tenderly at Finette and saw, for the first time, that her dress was fantastic and unworthy of a woman about to enter the noble house of Kerver.
Laboulaye's Fairy Book Edouard Laboulaye 1847
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Kerver sat motionless by the side of the bride, while Yvon and the baron were carried off at full gallop.
Laboulaye's Fairy Book Edouard Laboulaye 1847
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Twenty days after their departure the boat landed Yvon and Finette near Kerver Castle.
Laboulaye's Fairy Book Edouard Laboulaye 1847
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