Noveau Vesperal Romain

Lyon: Chez Tournachon-Molin, 1806. Hardcover. 16mo (4.5 x 7) Text in Latin and French with Gregorian chant notation. Full calfskin with gilt tooled spine, 580pp. Boards show scuffing to leather and slight bow upwards, though are square at spine. Endpapers toned, faintly foxed and damp stained. Some light spotting to select pages. An excellently crisp copy for age. Pour Les Dimanches et Fêtes De LAnnée Containing Antiphons, Psalms, Chapters, Hymns, Orations, Commemorations and Compline. With the offices of newly canonized saints, in their new place, and rubrics in French. Psalm tones of Faux-Bourdon, prayers to ask for rain and those for serenity; prayers for the emperor, orations for the benediction of the blessed sacrament, etc. A remarkable example of a nineteenth century French hand vesperal for use by the laity. Beautifully printed and collated. Very Good.

Price: $75.00