(1860) "Roman Parishioner Illuminates" with 500 Chromolithograps
We are offering here an exquisite French Christian Catholic devotional book "Roman Parishioner lluminates" published 1860 by Auguste Leroy (Dijon). This magnificant entirely chromolithographed work containing Morning Prayers, Evening Prayers, Prayers before the Holy Mass, Prayers during the Mass, Prayers for Confession, Prayers for Communion, Proper of the Saints, Common of the Saints, etc.
Bound in a brown Morocco leather binding richly addored by ornamentations in gilt. Richly decorated front and rear paste-down with gilt fleurons and tobaco Moirée silk. Free endpapers also accompanied by tobaco Moirée silk.
With 2 chromolitograph title pages and 5 chromolitograph engravings in Color & Gilt by famous French lithographer Nicolas Auguste Leroy (Dijon). All of 504 text pages richly illustrated and illuminated with a different chromolitograph motives in Color & Gilt. Superb illuminations in chromolithographies taken from Medieval Manuscripts and Books of Hours. Letters, decorations and miniatures taken from ancient manuscripts; The text is framed with many different decorations: foliage, flowers, dragons, birds, figures, etc. All pages are printed in chromolithography on strong high quality cardboard.
"Paroissien Romain Enlumine"; Dijon, Auguste Leroy, 1860; Size of the book: 15,5 x 11 cm (6.1" x 4.3"); Text in French; Brown Morocco leather binding with gilt ornamentation. Gilt title to the spine. Spine with five rised bands. All page edges gilt; Collation complete - Chromolithograph title page, Chromolithograph vignette-title, 504 chromolithograph pages, with 5 chromolithograph plates; Full leather binding is strong, tight and firm, overall in excellent condition, with negligible rubbing and discoloration and a few insignificant surface scratches. Pages/Text block in immaculate condition, clean and bright, no any marks or foxing throughout, only a few pages with a few small and almost invisible dark dots to the white margins. Overall the condition of the book is NEAR FINE.