Holy Week Office, according to Messel and the Roman Breviary - Lot 179

Holy Week Office, according to Messel and the Roman Breviary. [...] Translated by M. de Marolles, Abbot of Villeloin. Paris: Published by the Company of Booksellers Associated with the Holy Week Book, 1662. In-8, red morocco leather, triple gilt fillet, coat of arms in the center, covers strewn with fleurs-de-lis and the crowned initials “MTA,” filigree fleurons at the corners, decoration repeated on the spine, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Edition illustrated with 4 full-page engravings by P. Bertrand. This copy has been supplemented with 5 additional plates signed by Jacques Callot. Beautiful binding with a scattered-motif decoration, featuring the coat of arms and repeated monogram of Marie-Thérèse of Austria (1638–1683), Queen of France by marriage to Louis XIV. The margin of folio B6 has been reinforced; the paper is brittle at the top of two folios in section ZZ. Slight discoloration at the corners of the first 30 folios. Lining and endpapers replaced. Binding skillfully restored; the last compartment has been regilded; the upper hinge is slightly marked.

Estimate:£834.66

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