Missel de la Vie de N.-S. Jésus-Christ -
Missel de la Vie de N.-S. Jésus-Christ. Tours, Mame et Fils, pp. French-Latin. Box in buckram with brass clasp with engraved initials A.B. + binding in full brown leather adorned with gold designs and blind stamped, smooth back with golden title, angles of bindings lined with golden fillets, corners rounded, triple golden fillets on inside cuts, all golden edges 17x13cm, 950gr. Box: friction, wear and tear on corners, borders, back, and covers, slightly stained (all not too serious, clasp in good condition), inside of the box in white damask velvet. Volume: friction of use not too serious on corners, borders, back (the leather back is slightly creased) and covers; Inside: bookmark, end papers damask green velvet with first name "Jacqueline" gold stamped and one year may ; good condition inside: frontispiece under silk paper, many illustrations in colour out of text (under silk paper) by J.-J. Tissot; ornamentation in black in the texts, many vignettes in black; very nice copy. Read More