Content Description
This collection contains a contemporary red morocco-bound calligraphic manuscript prayer book in three parts. The cover has elaborate gilt borders, and the spine has gilt compartments and lettering, with marbled endpapers. The first and largest section, Explications des Cérémonies de l'Église avec les Prières, contains prayers keyed to specific moments of the Mass, accompanied by twelve colored vignette illustrations. The two shorter appended sections are "Les Sept Psaulmes de la Pentience"...
Dates:
c.1765-1861