Petit Missel Romain (No. 17); Contenant l'Ordinaire de la Messe, la Messe de Mariage, et la Messe des Morts

Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, 1888. First Thus. 48mo. Approx. 2.5 x 4.5 in. 64 pp. Full maroon calf, stamped in blind with cross & vine motif on both covers, titled in gilt on spine, all edges gilt, with decorative endpapers; in black pebbled slipcase. Includes the ordinary of the mass, the nuptial mass, and the mass of the dead. Illustrated with exquisite black & white vignettes, and frontispiece. Title page printed in red and black; red rules beneath headlines and red capitals. Text in French and Latin. Scattered foxing to text, otherwise very near fine in very good slipcase, with light rubbing to corners.

An exceedingly fresh copy, with bright gilt titling, of a beautifully printed 19th-century French missal.

Price: $75.00