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Liturgy. CAEREMONIALE episcoporum jussu Clementis...

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Liturgy]. CAEREMONIALE episcoporum jussu Clementis VIII reformatum. Omnibus ecclesiis, praecipue autem metropolitanis Parisiis, impensis Societatis typographicae librorum officii ecclesiastici, 1633. In-folio, [8] f., 366 p., figs, contemporary red morocco, spine with 6 nerves, gilt title, decorated boxes with small irons, boards decorated in the Duseuil style, gilt roulette at the edges, gilt edges (head cover uncovered, tail cover damaged, small cracks at the head of the spines, corners rubbed but not serious, a few stains on the boards, sporadic browning) Ceremonial of the bishops, printed in red and black, illustrated with numerous large copper-engraved vignettes in the text, preceded by a title page entirely engraved in an architectural and allegorical frame, by Michel van Lochom. The text is further decorated with large copper-engraved initials.