[HOLY WEEK] The copy of the last Queen of England of the House of Stuart Office of the Holy Week, Latin and Franciscan, for the use of Rome and Paris; with the explanation of the ceremonies of the Church, & some prayers drawn from the Scripture, for the confession & the communion, & on the mysteries which one celebrates during this holy time. New edition. Paris, Antoine Dezallier, 1715, in-8, fully ruled text, with 4 plates out of text, cut-out on page 1, with loss of text, old-red morocco, ribbed spine partitioned and decorated with central fleur-de-lis interlacing, large fanfare decoration on the boards, gilt edges, gilt garland framing the counter-papers, fixed endpapers lined with gilt paper with floral motifs (period binding).

A precious copy bearing the simplified arms of Marie-Béatrice de Modène-Este (1658-1718), second wife (since 1672) of King James II of England and Scotland.
This is a very rare provenance.

Handwritten ex-dono opposite the dedication: "À moi doné par Madme la Princesse d'Albanie à Florence".
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Lot no. 103

[HOLY WEEK] The copy of the last Queen of England of the House of Stuart Office of the Holy Week, Latin and Franciscan, for the use of Rome and Paris; with the explanation of the ceremonies of the Church, & some prayers drawn from the Scripture, for the confession & the communion, & on the mysteries which one celebrates during this holy time. New edition. Paris, Antoine Dezallier, 1715, in-8, fully ruled text, with 4 plates out of text, cut-out on page 1, with loss of text, old-red morocco, ribbed spine partitioned and decorated with central fleur-de-lis interlacing, large fanfare decoration on the boards, gilt edges, gilt garland framing the counter-papers, fixed endpapers lined with gilt paper with floral motifs (period binding). A precious copy bearing the simplified arms of Marie-Béatrice de Modène-Este (1658-1718), second wife (since 1672) of King James II of England and Scotland. This is a very rare provenance. Handwritten ex-dono opposite the dedication: "À moi doné par Madme la Princesse d'Albanie à Florence".

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[HOLY WEEK] The copy of the last Queen of England of the House of Stuart Office of the Holy Week, Latin and Franciscan, for the use of Rome and Paris; with the explanation of the ceremonies of the Church, & some prayers drawn from the Scripture, for the confession & the communion, & on the mysteries which one celebrates during this holy time. New edition. Paris, Antoine Dezallier, 1715, in-8, fully ruled text, with 4 plates out of text, cut-out on page 1, with loss of text, old-red morocco, ribbed spine partitioned and decorated with central fleur-de-lis interlacing, large fanfare decoration on the boards, gilt edges, gilt garland framing the counter-papers, fixed endpapers lined with gilt paper with floral motifs (period binding). A precious copy bearing the simplified arms of Marie-Béatrice de Modène-Este (1658-1718), second wife (since 1672) of King James II of England and Scotland. This is a very rare provenance. Handwritten ex-dono opposite the dedication: "À moi doné par Madme la Princesse d'Albanie à Florence".
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