WHITE PENITENTS OF MONTPELLIER. Hours for the (...) and gene - Lot 193

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WHITE PENITENTS OF MONTPELLIER. Hours for the (...) and gene - Lot 193
WHITE PENITENTS OF MONTPELLIER. Hours for the (...) and generally all that is said during the year in the chapel of the white penitents. Exact ceremonial of the said Chapel, where the principal and most merciful ceremonies are explained... by F.H. de La Croix. Marseille, Pierre Mesnier, 1700. In folio of [36]-614 (misf. 612), red morocco, boards decorated with the golden dove radiating the Holy Spirit, spine with ornate nerves (period binding). Hours intended for the White Penitents of Montpellier, a brotherhood whose mission was to support the needy and accompany those condemned to death, from whom it sometimes succeeded in obtaining a pardon. The volume, printed entirely in red and black, is decorated with a title vignette and 23 BEAUTIFUL off-text COPPER ENGRAVINGS, anonymous or bearing the name of Landry (1630-1701), a Parisian engraver and publisher of prints. Small perforation on one engraving, restored with ink, one guard missing, binding faded, Interesting binding recalling by its decoration the particular devotion of the Penitents for the Holy Spirit. Handwritten bookplate.
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