(1920) Two Boxed Christian devotional books - Personalised & Dedicated
We are offering here an unique set of Two Boxed Christian Devotional books, a memory on First Holy Communion for two sisters Nicole & Françoise Metzger - Two boxed copies of "Missal on the Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ" from 1920, with illustrations by J.J. Tissot. All 248 text pages richly illuminated and illustrated with different ornamentations and religious motives, including a Color Frontispiece and 18 Color Engravings.
Personalised & Boxed Copies bound in a Green Morocco and Tobacco Brown Morocco - Each copy with embossed name of the dedicated person at the tope right corner of the front board ("Francoise" for the green Morocco, "Nicole" for the tobacco brown Morocco); and with the name and surname chased in gilt to the center of the Moirée silk front free endpapers ("Francoise Metzger" for the green Morocco and "Nicole Metzger" for the tobacco brown Morocco). Each copy also with a Dedication date "6 MAI 1920" chased in gilt at the bottom of the Moirée silk front free endpapers. Both copies with Stamped Signature "LIBRAIRIE MIGNARD 38. RUE ST. SULPICE PARIS" to the top left corner of the first blank flyleaf ("Librairie Mignard" was a 19th- and early 20th-century Parisian bookstore and religious/memorial print shop). Both copies sold together with an original Wooden Protective Box with Brass Clasp & Beige Satin Interior; each box with stylised Monogram Initials embossed in gilt at the top of box lid ("F.M." for Francoise Metzger's copy and "N.M." for Nicole Metzger's copy).
Each copy has a different communion card with (the same) dedication in ink written on the blank side "Souvenir de 1re Communion et de Confirmation de: Nicole & Françoise Metzger, En l'Eglise St. Sulpice a Paris le 6 Mai 1920" (Souvenir of the First Communion and Confirmation of Nicole & Françoise Metzger, at the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, May 6, 1920).
As part of this set, we are also selling the associated original silver gelatine photography (with white passepartout and pasted on a cardboard) - the Group Family Photo with all members of the family Metzger (sisters Nicole & Françoise Metzger with their parents).
"Missel de la Vie de N.-S. Jesus-Christ. Illustrations de J.J. Tissot."; Tours, Maison A. Mame et Fils, no date (but 1920); Green and tobacco brown Morocco leather binding, both with gilt title to the spine and embossed names of the owners to the top right corner of the front board. Green Morocco with very rich decorated front and rear paste-down with gilt frames and green Moirée silk, free endpapers also accompanied by green Moirée silk. Tobacco brown Morocco with very rich decorated front and rear paste-down with gilt frames and tobacco brown Moirée silk, free endpapers also accompanied by tobacco brown Moirée silk; Size of the books: 16,7 x 12,7 cm (6.6" x 5"); Size of the wooden boxes: 22,5 x 18 x 5 cm (8.8" x 7.1 x 2"); Text in French; Collation complete - Free endpaper, (4) blank leaves, (1), Color frontispiece, Title page, (1), 248 pages with 18 color engraved plates, (3) blank leaves, free endpaper; Both Morocco leather bindings are strong, tight and firm, overall well preserved, with some rubbing and negligible discoloration, boards little bowed. Pages/Text block in clean and very bright, no any marks or foxing throughout, only a slight yellowing. All tissue guards present, pages little wavy. Wooden boxes are in very good condition, worn and with some traces of use to the exterior, little dusty inside, but whole, strong and stabile. Box hinges of Nicile's copy are little shaky.