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Observance of Holy Week, in royal French binding
Observance of Holy Week, in royal French binding
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Heading: (Fine Bindings)
Author:
Title: Semain Sainti [spine title, i.e. "Semaine sainte, à l'usage de la Maison de la Reine" - from Approbation at rear]
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:[Office de la Semaine Sainte]
Date Published: [1739]
Description:


[4], xxxvi, 725, [5] pp. With 3 engraved plates. (8vo) 19.5x12.5 cm (7¾x4¾"), period full red morocco stamped in gilt on front and rear covers with the arms of Marie Leszczy?ska, Polish-born noblewoman and Queen Consort to French King Louis XV; spine tooled in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.



Procedures for the observance of Holy Week, preceding Easter. This printing is dedicated to the Queen of France, and issued for the use of her household, the attractive binding bearing her arms. Marie Leszczy?ska (1703-1768), daughter of King Stanislaw I of Poland, married Louis XV of France in 1725, and served as queen consort of France until her death in 1768, the longest tenure of any queen of France.

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A little rubbing an wear to spine ends and corners; very good or better.
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