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1152 - The Office for the Fortnight of Easter, in Latin and French, according to the Roman and Parisian rites, for the household of His Grace the Duke of Orléans, First Prince of the Blood. Paris: d’Houry (printed by Pierre Simon), 1742. In-8°: frontispiece–xxxvi–631 pp. (browned, water-stained margins, small tear without loss on fol. ã3, a few pinholes). Dark red morocco leather, as described; covers bearing the coat of arms surrounded by gilded fillets and a gilded fleur-de-lis-patterned scroll; spine with gilded raised bands and a gilded fleur-de-lis-patterned scroll bearing the coat of arms; gilded fillet on the edges; gilded scroll on the end pieces; gilded edges (caps and corners skillfully restored). Complete set of front-mounted engravings on copper by Jacques Dumont, known as “le Romain.” Colophon dated 1739. Formerly owned by Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1725–1785), the only son of Louis I, Duke of Orléans, and Auguste-Marie-Jeanne of Baden. He was the father of Philippe Égalité and the grandfather of Louis-Philippe I, the last king in French history. His library was sold at auction in 1787 (ref. Olivier 2572, marks 1 and 15 stamped on an “Offfice de la quinzaine de Pasque” from 1755). - G. Walter Sohier, Château de la Fosse in Ghlin-lez-Mons (bookplate).
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The Office for the Fortnight of Easter, in Latin and French, according to the Roman and Parisian rites, for the household of His Grace the Duke of Orléans, First Prince of the Blood. Paris: d’Houry (printed by Pierre Simon), 1742. In-8°: frontispiece–xxxvi–631 pp. (browned, water-stained margins, small tear without loss on fol. ã3, a few pinholes). Dark red morocco leather, as described; covers bearing the coat of arms surrounded by gilded fillets and a gilded fleur-de-lis-patterned scroll; spine with gilded raised bands and a gilded fleur-de-lis-patterned scroll bearing the coat of arms; gilded fillet on the edges; gilded scroll on the end pieces; gilded edges (caps and corners skillfully restored). Complete set of front-mounted engravings on copper by Jacques Dumont, known as “le Romain.” Colophon dated 1739. Formerly owned by Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1725–1785), the only son of Louis I, Duke of Orléans, and Auguste-Marie-Jeanne of Baden. He was the father of Philippe Égalité and the grandfather of Louis-Philippe I, the last king in French history. His library was sold at auction in 1787 (ref. Olivier 2572, marks 1 and 15 stamped on an “Offfice de la quinzaine de Pasque” from 1755). - G. Walter Sohier, Château de la Fosse in Ghlin-lez-Mons (bookplate).
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