Author: MISSALE ROMANUM :
Title: Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti concilii Tridentini restitutum, S. PII Quinti jussu editum, Clementis VIII. et Urbani VIII. Papae auctoritate recognitum, et novis missis ex indulto apostolico hugusque concessis auctum..
Description: .: Mechliniae (Mechelen), P.J. Hanicq, 1846, in-folio, 38 x 26,5 cm, (54)(title and calender printed in red & black , title with woodengraved vignette) + full page copper engraving (annonciation) + engraved subtitle + 496 pp + cxciv pp + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 pp, with 7 full page unnumbered copperengravings and 7 engraved subtitles (some engravings signed in the plate ; ''Picquet pinxit, Benoist sculpsit''), all pages printed in red and black and within triple typographicals fillets. BOUND WITH; Missae Propriae Sanctorum fratibus et monialibus Carmelitis Discalceatis congregationis Sancti Eliae ordinis Beatissimae Virginis Mariae de Monte Carmelo...Romae, (Roma), Ex typographia Contedini, 1835, viii + 52 + 4 + (24)(blank). Both works contain printed music and some later added leaves. Contemporary full red morocco, large elaborate gilt tooling on both covers, with central cross, with underneath the motto; ''In hoc signo vinces'', surrounded by 4 winged putti. Raised back with gilt ornaments, all edges gilt, white satin paper endleaves, fine binding but with some wear at corners and extremities, interior fine. Some of the naked putti of the engraved plates have been covered by a bluegray wash by a prudish carmelite. In all a well preserved monumental liturgical book. A nice typographical specimen of a 19th century missal illustrated, printed and bound with fine craftmanship by the famous Hanicq press in Mechelen. The missal belonged to the discalced Carmelites of Ypres (Ieper). (Liturgical typography, missal). .

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