[A MOROCCAN-BOUND BREVIARY WITH LACE TRIM, PROBABLY BELONGIN - Lot 34

[A MOROCCAN-BOUND BREVIARY WITH LACE TRIM, PROBABLY BELONGING TO A PRIEST FROM TOURS] Breviarium Ecclesiasticum, now published, presenting a preview of its execution… Winter Part. Embricae (Emmerich), Arnoldii Nicolai, 1726. In-12, contemporary morocco with lace trim, richly decorated spine, roulette on the edges, gold-embossed interior lace, gilt edges. [17] ff., 507 pp., [1] f., CVIII pp., 14 pp. Spines rubbed, corners worn, and minor flaws. Detached frontispiece, added (perhaps by the owner Albert Bataille, a priest and prior whose handwritten bookplate appears on the title page), depicting Tours Cathedral, and 6 added engraved plates. Calendar of Tours festivals completed in pen.