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Le tableau de la croix represente dans les ceremonies de la Ste. messe ensemble le tresor de la devotion aux soufrances de N-re S.I.C. le tout enrichi de belles figures
by Anonymous
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Poor
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Fair HC. Text in French and Latin. Contemporary full red-brown morocco leather over boards; elaborate gilt-stamped pointille design incorporating multiple frames, floral patterns and arabesques on both covers and spine (see photos); raised bands on spine; 2 brass clasps at cover fore edges (lacking); all edges gilt; swirled comb pattern end papers; all text and plates are copper-plate engravings - verso with scenes of celebration of the mass, recto with prayers in Latin and French; 96 engraved plates by Jean Collin, Guillaume de Gheyn, I. Durant, perhaps others. Title page, 2 blank pages, dedication to Marquis de Chasteu-neuf (verso), portrait, advice to reader (verso), 2 leaves lacking, verso plate nos. 3 - 38, recto plate nos. 2 - 38, Jesus portrait, litany, Mary portrait, litany, 19 plates with psalms and scenes from life of David, Extraict du Privilege du Roy (Sep 20, 1652), 2 pp in fine hand writing (humanist miniscule?) titled 'Sequentia' and 2 pp titled 'Hymnus'. Covers and spine are bright and clean; rubbing wear at cover fore corners, boards just exposed; rubbing wear at top band on spine; slight rubbing at spine ends; scrape on rear cover with ½ inch chip of leather missing; fore edge clasps missing; text block remains firmly bound but last 5 gatherings are just starting; clean interior; 1 interior leaf lacking fore edge - not affecting plates; great clarity in engravings suggests early print run. In modern linen custom archival box with title. 175 x 120 mm.
Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18460
- Title
- Le tableau de la croix represente dans les ceremonies de la Ste. messe ensemble le tresor de la devotion aux soufrances de N-re S.I.C. le tout enrichi de belles figures
- Author
- Anonymous
- Illustrator
- Jean Collin, Guillaume de Gheyn, I. Durant, perhaps others
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair/Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paris: Chez F[rancois] Mazot
- Date Published
- 1652
- Keywords
- FRENCH, PRAYER BOOKS, LITANIES, LATIN, ILLUSTRATORS, ENGRAVINGS, CHRISTIANITY, JESUS, MARY, CATHOLICISM, EUROPEAN, BELGIAN, FRANCE, BELGIUM, BIBLE, BIBLICAL, HELIE, FRESNOY, RUETTE, BADIER
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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