‎SPITAELS D. - (publisher - Antwerpen ) - PAPIER MACHÉ BINDING :‎
‎Dieu soit loué. Recueil de Prières. Nouvelle édition. (reliure en papier maché).‎

‎ Anvers ( Antwerpen ) , D. Spitaels, s.d (1883 according the printed calender), format in-16°, 100 x 68 mm, (4) nn pp (chromolithographic frontispiece, chromolithographic title) + 320 pp. BINDING: Bound in a papier maché binding, black coloured, front cover depicts a biblical scene with a neo-gothic background (Jesus with the sacred hearth and a pigeon. All edges gilt. With a working gilt clasp. White silky paper endleaves. Faultless state of preservation.Allthough these kind of Roman Catholic devotional books were quite common in the second half of the 19th c. it is quite unique to come across such a nicely preserved copy in a very rare papier maché binding..‎

Reference : 58692

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