1698 Rare French Latin Book ~ The Office of Holy Week in Latin & French. L'Office de la Semaine Sainte.
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Title : L'office de la Semaine Sainte, en latin et en françois, selon le missel et le breviaire de Rome et de Paris, avec des meditations sur les Evangiles de la quinzaine de Pâques, des Réfléxions sur les Mysteres & les Cérémonies, & des Prieres pour la Confession & la Communion.
Language: Text in French and Latin.
Publisher: A Paris, Chez Frederic Leonard, 1698.
Size : 9 " X 6 ".
Pages: 653 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good gilt decorated full calf leather binding (hinges tight, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover. A very nice binding!
Content: Good content (tight, some foxing and staining throughout - as shown, bound WITHOUT the portrait of the Duchess of Bourgogne).
Illustrations: Bound WITHOUT the portrait of the Duchess of Bourgogne but with the 3 other beautiful full-page illustrations by Nicolas Pitau.
Estimate: (USD 200- USD 300)
The book: Attractive and rare French-Latin 17th-century edition of The Office of Holy Week.