Antique 18th C Journee Sainte - French Devotion Book (Green Leather)
Antique 18th C Journee Sainte - French Devotion Book (Green Leather)
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Ornate Green Missel Book with Cover Slip
Journee Sainte - French Devotion Book Paris; Crical 1767-1770
Full green morocco leather binding with gilt tooling, featuring rococo and gothic-inspired motifs
Gilt edges and hand-marbled endpapers in striking comb pattern
Manuscript genealogical inscriptions on front flyleaf, dating from 1779-1857 tracing ownership through the Buffard, Paget, and Greusard families - a rare continuous provenance record
French Catholic devotional manual containing daily prayers, meditations, and psalms
Handwritten indices and added prayers at the rear
Popular adaptation of Heures de Notre-Dame (Books of Hours)
Ornamental binding and gilt borders marks this as an upper-class devotional, possibly a weding or confirmation gift
Handed down at least four generations
Ornate Green Missel Book with Cover Slip
Journee Sainte - French Devotion Book Paris; Crical 1767-1770
Full green morocco leather binding with gilt tooling, featuring rococo and gothic-inspired motifs
Gilt edges and hand-marbled endpapers in striking comb pattern
Manuscript genealogical inscriptions on front flyleaf, dating from 1779-1857 tracing ownership through the Buffard, Paget, and Greusard families - a rare continuous provenance record
French Catholic devotional manual containing daily prayers, meditations, and psalms
Handwritten indices and added prayers at the rear
Popular adaptation of Heures de Notre-Dame (Books of Hours)
Ornamental binding and gilt borders marks this as an upper-class devotional, possibly a weding or confirmation gift
Handed down at least four generations