" Mechliniae (Mechelen), H. Dessain, successor P.J. Hanicq, 1866, large in-4°, 38 x 26,5 cm, xxxviii pp(title and calender printed in red & black , title with woodengraved vignette) + full page copper engraving + 528 pp + cxlviii pp + (1) + (2) + (2) + 16 pp (Missae Propria Tornacensis) with 6 full page steel engravings (some engravings signed in the plate ; ''Militor inv., Keller sculpsit''), all pages printed in red and black and within typographicals fillets. Full red morocco, raised spine with gilt title and ornamentation, both covers decorated with elaborate gilt leave ornaments surrounding a large central gilt illustration of the canon (Jesus at the cross, surrounded by Mary and Magdelen). With the symbols of the 4 evangelists at the corners. Endpapers in white satin, all edges gilt with ciselled paterns. Complete with tipped on red silk page markers and manyfold silk bookmark. The book is kept in a contemporary wooden box. This box lacks the clasp and shows its age (scratching, but technically still ok). The white silk covering the inside of the box is soiled and worn. Sumptous binding in fine condition with hardly any traces of use, which is rare because these missals were in daily use during mass service in the Roman Catholic church. Fine example of a 19th c. Roman Catholic missal."
Ecclesia Catholica - MISSALE ROMANUM - Pope PIUS V - CLEMENS VIII - URBANUS VIII - [ ] Binding P. SCHWANN ( ? ) :
Reference : 51366
12. Mechliniae (Mechelen), H. Dessain, successor P.J. Hanicq, 1858, large in-4°, 36 x 25 cm, (48) nn pp ( with 2 full page wood-engravings) + 488 pp + cxxxi pp + (7) pp + 66 pp ( Missae propriae sanctorum archidioecesis Coloniensis). All pages printed in red and black and within typographicals fillets. With numerous large woodcut initials. With a total of 9 full page wood-engravings made by H. Brown ( some signed in the woodblock). Interior genarally fine with the exception of the (daily used) canon part of the missal. These pages show some thumbing and wear. BINDING: Full brown morocco over wooden boards , raised spine with gilt title . All edges gilt, with matching leather tabs bearing gilt initials. Both covers have four large nearly rectangular recesses around a small central lozange. Marbled endpapers. The binding has two large silver-plated clasps and 8 silver-plated corner protections, together with on both covers 4 hexagonal silver-plated studs. On the inside of the movable parts of the clasps is engraved '' D. 27 Novemb. 1858 Th. & B '', on the other clasp '' P. Schwann''. From the contents of the missal we may deduce that its first use was for the diocese of Cologne ( Köln) in Germany. The meaning of the engraved inscriptions remain unclear. It could be the name of the donor, the first owner, or even the bookbinder. Fine specimen of a missal of the Roman Catholic Church in a very well preserved spectacular binding with metal ornaments and clasps. The missal, always in Latin, was the most important book in the Roman catholic liturgy and served during mass (Eucharist celebration). It was made universal for the Church at the Council of Trent (1545-1563) and virtually made redundant at the Second Vatican Council in the 1960's.
Ecclesia Catholica - MISSALE ROMANUM - Pope PIUS V - Clemens VIII - Urbanus Octavi in SILVER BINDING :
Reference : 33756
" Antverpiae, (Antwerpen), Ex Architypographia Plantiniana , 1738 , in-folio, 35.5 x 23 cm, title with engraved vignette + (66) nn pp + 624 pp + cxxiiii pp + (4)(index) , inserted at some pages and bound at the end some later additions pertaining to the diocese of Gent , with 7 full page copper engraved plates, entirely printed in red and black, with numerous woodcut ornamental initials. Fine interior allthough there is a tiny hole in the title, without loss of text. Silver Binding; late18th or early 19th century full red morocco, both sides with identical gilt tooling consisting of a large floral fillet ; width 28 mm, edges gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With important silver central cartouches on both covers and 4 large cornerpieces, with two clasps mounted on silver strips which completely cover the board edges. Binding in late baroque style, with illegible silver marks. Finely preserved."