Recueil de Prieres de Madame de Fenouil ...
Chez Barbou Freres, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #L025021
tall 16mo 800pp+plts Text principally in French (few excerpts in Latin). In cludes the ordinary of the Mass in the Roman Catholic manner, plus suppleme ntal prayers by Madame de Fenoil (or 'Fenouil' as on title page; see BMC, v olume 9, page 131Q); 'corrige, mis dans un nouvelle ordre, et considerablem ent augmentee par J.-B. B' (title page). Notable for the engraved portraits of Saint Mark (the Eveangelist) and St. Clothilde on plates. Very scarce. Bound in full black morocco, gilt-stamped spine and covers; spine with rais ed bands, brown marbled endpapers. VG- (some rubbing to corners and extremi ties; slight internal browning and/or foxing).2 engr illus / plates.
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