Visites au Saint Sacrement et à la Sainte Vierge. Méditations pour l'Octave du St Sacrement; traits de feu et excercises de piété de S. Alphonse de Liguori - Prières pendant la Sainte Messe, Vêpres du Dimanche text Text set in 18pt Century

Text set in 18pt Century Schoolbook and the two-colour halftone plates were made by Engravers Guild Ltd

Original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to the front and spine

Original pale blue cloth with bright golden figure to the front with black title lettering

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Publisher's red cloth with gilt

Visites au Saint Sacrement et à la Sainte Vierge. Méditations pour l'Octave du St Sacrement; traits de feu et excercises de piété de S. Alphonse de Liguori - Prières pendant la Sainte Messe, Vêpres du Dimanche text Text set in 18pt CenturyTournai, Belgium: Socit S. Jean l'Evangliste, diteurs pontificaux Descle, Lefebvre & Cie, 1887. Stunning polished calf binding on a late 19th century book of sacraments, published in Tournai, with decorative gilt ornaments to front and back, heavily gilt spine divided into panels. Watered silk endpapers with wide decorative gilt turn ins. Text set within decorative wide borders; one illustration. All edges gold. A gorgeous example of the binder's art.