L'Office de la Semaine Sante. Imprimé par le Commandement du Roy - 1717

A volume in small 4º (19.8 x 13.1 cm) bound in antique red morocco, gold-coloured meander framing the cover with leaves of acanthus and pointillé, weapons of King Louis XV at the centre flanked at the top and bottom by the double 'L' of Louis intertwined, 5-rib spine, decorated with fleurons between the ribs, gold-coloured cover edges, headbands, heads and page edges. Frontispiece, 2 sheets including the typographic cover, 514 pages. 4 plates. These covers are inspired by bindings à la fanfare and are relatively frequent in copies of the Easter service for the use of the Royal House. Copy with text ruled in red, perfectly preserved. Marius Michel, La reliure commerciale et industrielle, Paris, 1861, pages 48 to 52; Geoffrey D. Hobson, La reliure à la fanfare. London, 1935, plate XXIIIa. Origin: At the flyleaf top, handwritten annotation from the 18th century: Mademoiselle Desmarez, Paris 2 avril 1795. Engraved ex libris: Castigans Libro Poenas