Gros & Delettrez
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[ANTIPHONARY].
See original version (French)
6
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[ANTIPHONARY].
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
[ANTIPHONARY].
Roman Gradual printed by order of Monsignor Godefroy Saint-Marc, Bishop of Rennes.
Paris, Hachette et Cie; Versailles, Dagneau He et Cie, 1854.
Large folio (51.5 x 35 cm), X-156-LI pp.; pp. 157–240; 102*-3-(2) pp.; XXVIII-10-(1) pp. The publisher’s fawn-coloured sheepskin, blind-stamped fillets on the covers, brass corners and rivets, ribbed spine (binding scuffed, joints split, end caps missing, worm damage, water stains, a few marginal tears extending into the text on pp. 25–30).
A large-format 19th-century edition of the Roman Gradual, printed in 1854 by order of Godefroy Saint-Marc (1807–1878), Bishop of Rennes, and adapted for use in the Diocese of Versailles.
An impressive liturgical work bringing together the chants intended for the celebration of Mass according to the Roman Rite, with their musical notation, and also comprising the Proper of the Season, the Proper of the Saints and the Common of the Saints.
Enriched with a Supplement for use in the Diocese of Versailles, as well as a ‘Supplement for certain places’, bringing together pieces specific to various particular uses. The table of contents notably lists several churches, including Sainte-Geneviève, Saint-Denis, Saint-Cloud, Saint-Germain, Saint-Louis and Saint-Sulpice, each accompanied by the feasts and services specific to that church.
See original version (French)
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