AUTHOR: Missale Romanum
TITLE: Missale Romanum, Ex decreto sacro-sancti concilii tridentini restitutum, Pii V. Pont. Max. Jussu editum, et Clementis VIII. Primum, Nunc, Denuo Urbani Papae Octavi auctoritate recognitum in quo missae Propriae de Sanctis ad Longum Posiatae sunt ad majorem celebrantium commoditatem.
PUBLISHER: Lugduni: Ex Officina Petri Valfray, 1702.
DESCRIPTION: IN A CONTEMPORARY RED VELVET EMBROIDERED BINDING. 1 vol., (xv)656(cxvi)(iii)pp., complete, folio, 14-3/4" x 10-1/2", additional engraved title, text printed in red and black, last leaf laid down, 5 green silk page markers, bound in a fine contemporary silver and gold embroidered red velvet binding in elaborate floral and arabesque design, later pastedowns and endpapers.
Bound at the rear are three additional tracts:
1) Missa Propria S. Juliani Cenomanensis Episcopi Titularis Cathedralis Ecclesiae Calatayeronis, Calatagironi, 1818, 4 pages, 8" x 12".
2) Missa In Festo Pretiosissimi Sanguinis Dni Nri Jesu Christi, and other Missa, 1771, 16 pages, 8" x 12".
3) Die XXVIII, Aprilis. In Festo Sancti Pauli a Cruce Confessoris. 2 pages, 9" x 13", 1869.
CONDITION: General wear to back corners as well as head and foot of spine with some minor loss. inner and outer hinges fine, various surface wear to covers with loss of thread.
PROVENANCE: The Estate of Marian and Jacob Javits.