Missel Des Saints De France Contenant leas Offices des Dimanches en Latin et en Francais . by FRENCH LATIN MISSAL

Paris / Lille: A. Taffin-Lefort, Editeur . [ no date c. 1914 ? ]. 0. 8vo. 15.4cm x 9.5cm x 2.6cm. pp.384 . A very good original full leather binding. Cream calf with blind stamp image of a cathedral window, highlighted in gilt (now faded). Spine with 5 raised bands simple gilt decoration and gilt title : "Missel". All page edges bright gilt. Bright gilt inner dentelles and white washed silk endpapers. Free-endpapers toned. Black & white frontis with an image of Jesus, signed by Girard. Printed title within a sepia decorated floral border. To verso: "Imprimatur - Hector Raphael Episc. Insul. (variously Bishop of Limoge and Lille 1914 - 1928). Clean French - Latin text in parallel columns througohut. Every page decorated in sepai tones with an image of a saint and floral border. A lovely book complete with a hinged box. * Missal of the Saints of France, containing the offices of Sundays in Latin and French .