622 - A small parish book containing the liturgy for Sundays and the major feasts of the year. Paris Thiériot (printed by J. Gratiot and J.-B. Gros) [c. 1830] 18mo: engraved title page—318 pp.; 4 plates (foxing). Contemporary binding of black-lacquered wooden boards with cut, chased, and inlaid silver decoration; the covers are framed with a silver fillet; the upper cover features a broad dentelle composed of scrollwork, religious figures on the sides, a floral wreath at the top, and at the bottom an angel holding a shield bearing a bend sinister, in the center, a female figure standing on a cloud and holding a large cross, with the Tablets of the Law visible at its base; lower cover with a twisted fillet border and central cartouche; unlettered spine of turquoise-blue velvet; red watered-silk endpapers; a.e.g. (the central figure and one side figure are slightly raised on the upper cover; a few small stains on the decoration of the upper cover; negligible signs of wear; micro-scratches on the lacquer). Charming devotional book illustrated with an engraved title page and 4 plates by Pfitzer, including a frontispiece. Provenance: “Souvenir de Charles” (handwritten entry on the back of the frontispiece).