Lot n° 697
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150 - 180
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[Tournai,Officina liturgica, Desclée Lefebvre et sociorum, 1 - Lot 697
[Tournai,Officina liturgica, Desclée Lefebvre et sociorum, 1880. 1 vol. in-folio. 30pp, [2]ff, 566pp, 162pp, IVpp (between pages 82 and 83), 4pp, [3]ff, 2pp. Full red morocco, numerous gilt fillets framing a gilt crucifix with the numeral I.H.S, gilt title at the foot of the crucifix, ornate ribbed spine, gilt title and publisher, red calf spine boards and endpapers, wide gilt garland, crown and numeral gilt in the center of the first spine board, double color illustrated endpapers, gilt edges, burgundy cloth tabs.
Large woodcut on title page, 13 full-page woodcuts, 20 headpieces and a few engravings in text. Printing in red and black, lettering and notated music.
A double leaf enclosed between leaves 310 and 311, printed by the St. Jean l'Évangéliste society, a single leaf between pages 386 and 387, several others between pages 424 and 425, pages 442 and 443, pages 508 and 509, pp 514 and 515, pp. 540 and 541, pp. 542 and 543, double leaf between pp. 552 and 553 - two leaves between pp. 16 and 17.
Impressive binding for this large illustrated 19th-century missal.
Scratch on second cover
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