Ecclesia Catholica - MISSALE ROMANUM - Pope Pius V - Pope Pius X - Pope Benedictus XV - [ ] Silver Binding : - Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti concilii Tridentini restitutum, S. PII V Pontificis Max. iussu editum Clementis ; Urbani VIII auctoritate tecognitum.....cum approbatione Sacrorum Rituum Congragationis.

Ratisbonae ( Regensburg ), Sumtibus, chartis et typis Friderici Pustet, 1863, in-folio, 40 x 26,5 cm, (34) nn pp (with chromolithograpic title; typographical title, calender...) + 548 pp (with several full page steel engraved plates ) + (179) pp + (1)nn pp ((ad Lectori) + xlviii pp (appendix missarum) + 16 pp (Missae Proproae Sanctorum....Dioecesis Leodiensis). The last part (16pp) is printed in the same typography by the Mechlin publisher-printer Dessain and indicates that the missal was intended for use in the Diocese of Liège (Southern Belgium).. All pages printed in red and black with intricate typographical border. Printed in two columns, with numerous picturial initioals. , . BINDING : Full red-brown morocco, smooth spine with engraved silver title., both covers decrated with important silver decoration: frontcover ''the last supper'' ; backcover ''nativity scene'', two working silver clasps ; corners with large silver triangle protections (9cm). All silver decorations with the silver marking ''J)(D'' (unidentified, probably Liège) All edges gilt. With end papers in red colored silk. Fine silver binding in fine condition with hardly any traces of use,(the outer joints are expertly restored). Interior fine and without stains or foxing. which is rare because these missals were in daily use during mass service in the Roman Catholic church. The missal, always in Latin, was the most important book in the Roman catholic liturgy and served during mass (Eucharist celebration). It was made universal for the Church at the Council of Trent (1545-1563) and virtually made redundant at the Second Vatican Council in the 1960's. Finely preserved missal in a spectacular and wel preserved silver bindin. .