Miniature Religious Book Bundle - Autumnal Paroissien and Sacrement Book
Miniature Religious Book Bundle - Autumnal Paroissien and Sacrement Book
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Small Brown Leather Missel (1800s)
Late 19th c French devotional volume - part of a four season parish set published by Alfred Mame et Fils in Tours
Paroissien Romain Tres Complet - Partie d'Automne
1888
Ecclesiastical approval: Mgr Guillaume-Rene Meignan, Archeveque de Tours
Binder's stamp: B. Duplassy Toulous (Bookseller or binder)
Blind-stampled in script with the name Andre
Deep burgundy morocco leather, finely pebbled, with raised bands and gilt title panels
Crimson and gold moire paper endpapers with interlacing vine and leaf design - one of Mame's most luxurious finishes, found only on high grade bindings sold through regional stationers such as Duplassy in Toulouse
All edges gilt
Frontispiece is engraving of Saint Luke holding the ox symbol and Gospel - engraved expressly for Mam'es Paroissien Romain series
Typography is printed in red and black, decorative floral borders, fine cream wove paper typical of late century press
Autumn cycle covers the end of the ecclesiastical cycle - readings and offices from late summer through Advent
Personalized commission
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Little Black/Dark Brown and Gold Leather Religious Book - Stained Glass Design
Visites au Saint Sacrement et a la Sainte Vierge
Author: Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1696-1787)
Publisher: Antoine Montarsolo et Compagnie, Imprimeurs-Libraires
Besancon 1835
French edition is an early 19th c printing of St. Alphonsus Liguori's devotional classic; originally written in Italian in the mid-18th century, it was one of the most popular Catholic prayer books of its time, emphasizing frequent, heartfelt visits to the Eucharist and to the Virgin Mary
Binding: Contemporary dark brown full leather with exgtensive gilt Gothic panel tooling, featruing quatrefoil and circular motifs reminiscent of cathedral tracery
Spine: Gilt decorations with floral scrollwork and the title
All edges gilt
Marbled endpapers in earthy ochre, brown, and violet tones
Craftsmanship and decorative binding suggest it was made for devout yet refined owner - likely upper bourgeois or clerical when devotional revivals flourished after the French Revolution
Handwritten note title "Priere pour le Cholera" (Prayer for Cholera) - 19th c handwritten prayer likely inserted during one of the devastating cholera epidemics that struck France (1832 and 1849)
"O Lord Jesus Christ, hold God, great God, immortal God, have mercy on us and on all humanking; purify us of our weaknesses through Thy divine blood, now, always and for eternity. Amen."
Small Brown Leather Missel (1800s)
Late 19th c French devotional volume - part of a four season parish set published by Alfred Mame et Fils in Tours
Paroissien Romain Tres Complet - Partie d'Automne
1888
Ecclesiastical approval: Mgr Guillaume-Rene Meignan, Archeveque de Tours
Binder's stamp: B. Duplassy Toulous (Bookseller or binder)
Blind-stampled in script with the name Andre
Deep burgundy morocco leather, finely pebbled, with raised bands and gilt title panels
Crimson and gold moire paper endpapers with interlacing vine and leaf design - one of Mame's most luxurious finishes, found only on high grade bindings sold through regional stationers such as Duplassy in Toulouse
All edges gilt
Frontispiece is engraving of Saint Luke holding the ox symbol and Gospel - engraved expressly for Mam'es Paroissien Romain series
Typography is printed in red and black, decorative floral borders, fine cream wove paper typical of late century press
Autumn cycle covers the end of the ecclesiastical cycle - readings and offices from late summer through Advent
Personalized commission
Â
Little Black/Dark Brown and Gold Leather Religious Book - Stained Glass Design
Visites au Saint Sacrement et a la Sainte Vierge
Author: Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1696-1787)
Publisher: Antoine Montarsolo et Compagnie, Imprimeurs-Libraires
Besancon 1835
French edition is an early 19th c printing of St. Alphonsus Liguori's devotional classic; originally written in Italian in the mid-18th century, it was one of the most popular Catholic prayer books of its time, emphasizing frequent, heartfelt visits to the Eucharist and to the Virgin Mary
Binding: Contemporary dark brown full leather with exgtensive gilt Gothic panel tooling, featruing quatrefoil and circular motifs reminiscent of cathedral tracery
Spine: Gilt decorations with floral scrollwork and the title
All edges gilt
Marbled endpapers in earthy ochre, brown, and violet tones
Craftsmanship and decorative binding suggest it was made for devout yet refined owner - likely upper bourgeois or clerical when devotional revivals flourished after the French Revolution
Handwritten note title "Priere pour le Cholera" (Prayer for Cholera) - 19th c handwritten prayer likely inserted during one of the devastating cholera epidemics that struck France (1832 and 1849)
"O Lord Jesus Christ, hold God, great God, immortal God, have mercy on us and on all humanking; purify us of our weaknesses through Thy divine blood, now, always and for eternity. Amen."