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9 - BINDING FEATURING THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE DUKE OF ORLÉANS. — The Office for the Fortnight of Easter, in Latin and French, according to the Roman and Parisian rites, for the House of His Grace the Duke of Orléans, First Prince of the Blood. Paris: d'Houry, 1745. In-8, xxxvi-631-(one blank) pp., garnet morocco, ribbed spine divided into compartments and decorated with a crowned coat of arms repeated in the compartments, fine gilded fleur-de-lis lace framing the covers with a gilded coat of arms in the center, filleted edges, gilded interior edging, gilded edges on marbled paper; corners slightly worn (contemporary binding). 300/400
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BINDING FEATURING THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE DUKE OF ORLÉANS. — The Office for the Fortnight of Easter, in Latin and French, according to the Roman and Parisian rites, for the House of His Grace the Duke of Orléans, First Prince of the Blood. Paris: d'Houry, 1745. In-8, xxxvi-631-(one blank) pp., garnet morocco, ribbed spine divided into compartments and decorated with a crowned coat of arms repeated in the compartments, fine gilded fleur-de-lis lace framing the covers with a gilded coat of arms in the center, filleted edges, gilded interior edging, gilded edges on marbled paper; corners slightly worn (contemporary binding). 300/400 Etched frontispiece by Jacques Dumont. Handwritten vignette on one of the flying endpapers (“‘Redeem your sins through your alms.’ Daniel”). BEAUTIFUL MOROCCAN LEATHER WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF DUKE LOUIS D’ORLÉANS (OHR, pl. 2572, stamp no. 1, listed under the name of his son Louis-Philippe d’Orléans). SON OF THE REGENT, LOUIS D’ORLÉANS (1703–1752) served on the Regency Council during the Polysynod, then was appointed governor of the Dauphiné and colonel general of the Infantry. As the first Prince of the Blood, he was the heir apparent to the kingdom (alongside Philip V of Spain) until the birth of the Dauphin in 1729. A widower at a very young age and a man of great piety, he retired in 1742 to the Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève, where he devoted himself to prayer and scientific work.
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