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Le Tableau de la Croix représenté dans les... - Lot 140 - Richard Maison de ventes
Le Tableau de la Croix représenté dans les cérémonies de la Sainte messe. Paris, by François Mazot, 1652. One volume. 10,5 by 16 cm. 48 leaves. Full contemporary red morocco, spine with six raised bands and ornamented boxes. Boards very richly decorated with a triple frame, angle irons, and a rich central motif. Corners worn, small hole at bottom of spine. Interior very deteriorated: pages partly unbound, 5 leaves with wear on their outer edge, with sometimes loss of text. Traces of intense handling. First edition of this fully engraved work, illustrated with a portrait of Charles de l'Aubespine by Guillaume de Gheyn, and a beautiful frontispiece title by Collin. A first part is constituted of 68 pages : the litanies. It is composed of a frontispiece, a figure on the left of an episode of the mass and on the right of an oration (French and Latin) with two figures of saints in foot. The book continues with other litanies on 4 pages with figures of saints, then a litany to Jesus, with his portrait, then a litany to the virgin also with a portrait; the texts are located in the center of historiated scenes in a frame. Finally 13 engraved pages of psalms with 6 to 10 historiated scenes in a large frame. This copy is missing some leaves at the end (from 1 to 3 according to the descriptions). Our copy is enriched with 10 handwritten pages, orations with titles in green and red. Two are after the title, 8 at the end of the volume. This manual of the mass draws its importance by the link which it establishes between the phases of the mass, and those of the Passion. It is thus representative of the religious feeling of the 17th century. A rare and important book, in a high quality binding, but in need of an important restoration.
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