1741 ✝️ L'Office de l'Eglise Latin/French Catholic Prayer Book
$ 52.8
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1741 ✝️ L'Office de l'Eglise Latin/French Catholic Prayer Book. This copy includes the title page, engraved crucifixion frontispiece, calendar tables, decorative headpieces, large initials, Latin/French liturgical text, and the royal privilege/approbation leaves. Offered here is an original 1741 Paris edition of L’Office de l’Eglise, en Latin et en François, a Catholic devotional and prayer book printed in parallel Latin and French. The title page identifies the work as containing the Office of the Virgin for the whole year, the Office for Sundays and feast days, the Seven Penitential Psalms, rules for Christian life, prayers drawn from Scripture and the Church Fathers, and hymns translated into French verse. Published in Paris by Theodore de Hansy in 1741, this compact devotional volume was intended for serious Catholic use, bringing together liturgical offices, prayers, instructions for the faithful, and devotional texts in a practical small format. This copy includes the title page, engraved crucifixion frontispiece, calendar tables, decorative headpieces, large initials, Latin/French liturgical text, and the royal privilege/approbation leaves. Details: Title: L’Office de l’Eglise, en Latin et en François Place: Paris Publisher: Theodore de Hansy Year: 1741 Language: Latin and French Size: 6.5 x 4 x 1.5 inches Binding: period leather binding with gilt spine tooling and spine title label Contents: Office of the Virgin, Offices for Sundays and feast days, Penitential Psalms, prayers, hymns, instruction for the faithful, and related devotional texts Condition: Good antique condition. Binding is intact and attractive on the shelf, with gilt spine decoration and visible spine title. Boards show rubbing, scuffs, corner wear, and areas of leather loss/abrasion, especially near the edges and joints. Text block appears solid. Pages show age toning, light spotting, minor staining, and normal handling wear. Engraved frontispiece and title page are present. There is an old manuscript note/inscription on the front endpaper. All books we sell are original copies, we do not sell reproductions. Free shipping, free no questions asked 30 day returns (within USA), eBay Global Shipping Program to other countries.
