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Amanda Hall Rare Books

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen

 Collection — Box BW 61, Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS-16947
Content Description This collection contains a leather-bound handwritten manuscript copy of the 1789 Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen, comprising the preamble and all seventeen articles, produced by Jenny Ricard, a fourteen-year-old girl from Nîmes, France. Stamped on the front and back binding is "LA LOI" and "LE ROI" in gilt. The text is written in brown ink throughout, with decorative titles and section headings rendered in red ink and red capitals. The manuscript is signed at the end: "Nîmes...
Dates: 1792

Explications des Ceremonies de l'Eglise avec les Prieres

 Collection — Folder ViU-2026-0033_001: [Barcode: X032687431]
Identifier: MSS-16953
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

Explications des Ceremonies de l'Eglise avec les Prieres

 Unprocessed Material — Folder ViU-2026-0033_001: [Barcode: X032687431]
Identifier: ViU-2026-0033