Paroissien Elzevir Rite Romain

by Bindings Gruel Prayer Book In French

$1,100 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

Signed

Paris: Gruel et Engelmann, 1889 . 165 x 83 mm. 6 1/2 x 3 1/4 . 2 p.l., 649 pp., 1 colophon leaf. STRIKING CONTEMPORARY BURGUNDY MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, BY GRUEL stamp-signed at tail of spine , UPPER COVER WITH A LARGE AND RICHLY DETAILED OVAL BAS-RELIEF PLAQUETTE OF THE LAST SUPPER framed above and below by a large panel of interlacing open strapwork comprised of abstracted gilt floral and foliate curls and other

• Binding: Leather

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