L'office de l'Église en françois contenant les offices pour toute l'année, plusieurs prières tirées de l'écriture-sainte & des saints pères, les hymnes en vers françois, avec une instruction pour les fidèles

Publisher Chez Langlois French

1792

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This French-language Catholic missal contains prayers and devotions with an inscription on verso of front flyleaf: "Monsieur Veniere aîné palais de justice Cour de la Chapelle Paris."

Contemporary French gold-tooled red morocco binding with dark green morocco flower onlays on covers and spine; all edges gilt; pink toned endleaves. Borders, outlines, and foliate tooled in gold; within central onlays is the motto "unisons nous."

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Title: L'office de l'Église en françois contenant les offices pour toute l'année, plusieurs prières tirées de l'écriture-sainte & des saints pères, les hymnes en vers françois, avec une instruction pour les fidèles
Author: Catholic Church
Publisher: Chez Langlois (French)
Date: 1792
Geography: Paris, France
Dimensions: [12], 612, [2] pages ; Height: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Jayne Wrightsman, 2008
Object Number: BX2016.A5 F7 1792
Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library

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