— Missel Des Gloires de L&Apos;Eclise

Paris; Limoges, Dalpayrat et Depelley. Leather. Scarce late-19th-century Catholic prayer book, bound in full morocco and beautifully illustrated with borders and plates. In the original French. Scarce edition.Bound in full morocco with gilt detailing. Endpapers furnished with doublures and maroon watered silk.Featuring an illustrated title page, a frontispiece and three further monochrome plates. With a beautiful decorative border to each page. Collated, complete.Undated but can be placed towards the end of the 19th century by a similar copy held by the Lambeth Palace Library.Lovely Catholic missal featuring numerous prayers and hymns. Published in the original French.  Bound in full morocco with gilt detailing. Endpapers furnished with watered silk and doublures. Externally, excellent condition with slight shelf wear and the odd mark to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with faint spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .