Accession number
PML 126149
Published
A Paris, Chez F. Mazot ..., 1651 [i.e. 1652?]
Credit line
Bequest of E. Clark Stillman; 1995.
Notes
Engraved throughout. Thirty-five plates on the left-hand page depict moments in the celebration of the mass, with appropriate scenes from the life of Christ above a band of clouds, Latin captions at head and French captions at foot. Right-hand pages have prayers in Latin and French, with standing saints at right and left and flowers at foot. The engraving depicting events from the life of David and other Bible stories, preceding the 7 penitential psalms in Latin, is absent.
Title page and first litany signed: J. Collin. Dedication port. signed: G. de Geijn. Second page of last sequence signed: I. Durant.
Library's copy has the preface and engr. privilege dated 1651 with "Achevé d'imprimer ce 20e Septembre 1652 [1653]" lacking in some copies. The editions differ matrerially both in the exclusion and inclusion of plates and it is also probable that all are imperfect.
Title page and first litany signed: J. Collin. Dedication port. signed: G. de Geijn. Second page of last sequence signed: I. Durant.
Library's copy has the preface and engr. privilege dated 1651 with "Achevé d'imprimer ce 20e Septembre 1652 [1653]" lacking in some copies. The editions differ matrerially both in the exclusion and inclusion of plates and it is also probable that all are imperfect.
Description
[6], 35 [i.e. 71], 36-39, [17] p. : ill., ports. ; 19 cm.
Provenance
Comte Marc de Vesvrotte (bookplate); Edmond Borthon (bookplate dated 1876); collection of E. Clark Stillman.
Binding
Red morocco, style of le Gascon, heavily tooled in gilt on front, back, spine and edges. All edges gilt. In a red cloth drop-spine box.
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