Heures Romaines, Suivant la Reformation du Concile de Trente ...
Chez J.M. Garrigan, January 1821. First Edition. Leather Binding. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Good / No Jacket. Item #L024972
ISBN: B000KVWEG2
12mo 432pp Text in Latin and French (title page in French only). Includes the Latin text of the Ordinary of the Mass and Vespers, plus the litanies of the saints and other rites, particularly those appropriate to the diocese of Mende in the south of France. Introductory letter and permission statement (in French) signed 'Jean-Francois', the bishop of Avignon. Notable for the portrait woodcut illustration of Saint Nicolas on title page verso. Bound in full contemporary dark brown calf, gilt-stamped red morocco spine label, plain endpapers. Good (edges and corners worn and rubbed; some rubbing and staining to spine and covers; lacks front and rear preliminaries and blanks, few signatures shaken, some internal browning and foxing).1 b/w engr illus; title vig.
Price: $90.00