Author: Dassance, L'Abb.
Title: Heures nouvelles, paroissien complet Latin-Franais, l'usage de Paris et de Rome.
Description: Paris, L. Curmer, 1841 Large 8vo (23x16 cm). Contemporary darkgreen calf, covers and spine richly gilt with ornamental gilt decoration with a cross as centerpieces in romantic style. Endpapers with lacework tooling decoration and inside dentelle. Edges gilt. 91 corner sl. bumped). Together 846 pp. with engraved frontispiece, 2 titles: "Les Heures" & "La Messe" lithographed in vivid colours and metallic gold ink on art paper and 11 other engravings. Printed on 'papier de Chine', but the plates on normal paper and therefore with more or less serious brown spots. With ornamental capitals and many pages in illuminated frames in early photo-engraving. - Collation: ii (halftitle), ii (title), viii (Prface), xvi (Calendrier), xvi (Souvenirs de famille), 8oo, i (Classement des gravures), iii (blank) pp. - Nice example of 19th century typography and romantic bookbinding. "Reliure aux ornaments de style rocaille". Gewicht/Weight: 1250 grs.

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