Auserlesene Morgen-Abend Mess-Zeicht-Comunion und andere Gebethe

N,p. , 18th Cen.. 8vo., full burgundy crushed morocco with a double gilt fillet border surrounding a large floral border with elaborate corner tools extending towards the center, topped by hawks; in the center of the covers is a large rectangular panel composed of four gilt fillet borders with a wavy border in between and a central crowned supralibros. Spine with five raised bands, much gilt decoration and a morocco title label with the initials, C. M. Very attractive color, block-printed endleaves; a.e.g.Striking calligraphic main title-page rendered in (truncated) colors and signed F. Pietsch. Each of the 303 numbered pages of text (there is a seven-page index at the end not numbered), has a triple-ruled, red-and-black border; the text is written in a sloping cursive hand in black ink with occasional passages and headlines in red. There are several elaborately decorated Part Titles, another of which is signed as before. Interleaved (but not numbered) are a series of engraved illustrations taken from religious books, all of which have several lines of text below. The prayers are selected for Morning, Evening, Mass, Confession, Communion, and other Prayers together with the Liturgy of the Hours and the Litany. A VERY ATTRACTIVE example in a handsome, CONTEMPORARY BINDING. MANUSCRIPT PRAYER BOOK (Inventory #: 995.18th Cen)