L'OFFICE DE LA SEMAINE SAINTE A L'USAGE DE LA MAISON DU ROY. Conformement aux Breviares & Messles Romain & Parisien. En Latin & en Francois.
Avec l'explication des ceremonies de l'Eglise . . . Pp. 672+[2](the privilege, numbered 707/708), mostly printed double column with parallel Latin and French text, engraved frontispiece, vignette title page and 4 plates, decorative head & tailpieces; cr. 8vo; contemporary red morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands featuring fleurs de lys, tiny gilt stars and dots, the boards with the gilt arms of Louis XV at centre and an outer gilt border of fleurs de lys, pointilles, and tiny floral ornaments, gilt edges, a trifle rubbed; a.e.g.; dentelles decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers; hinges starting, bottom fore-corner torn from pages 37/8 (no text loss), 39/40 (minimal text loss) & 87/8 (minor loss to 5 lines of text), bottom half of fore-edge margin torn from pp. 581/2 (no text loss), 3 neat paper repairs to closed tears at edges of pp. 81/2, a few leaves faintly creased, a little light foxing; Jacques Collombat, Paris, 1748. *The Office of Holy Week for the use of the King's household, in a handsome armorial binding. Jacques Collombat (1668-1744), 'premier imprimeur du roi', printed editions of this liturgical work, from 1727 onwards. Apart from the frontispiece, which depicts the King and Queen at prayer, the plates, by Antoine Humblot, illustrate key scenes of Holy Week, including the Last Supper, crucifixion and resurrection. Item #184338
Price: $3,000.00