Nov 09, 2010 - Sale 2229

Sale 2229 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 210
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
JANSENIST RITUALE Rituel Romain du Pape Paul V. à l'Usage du Diocèse d'Alet. Latin text with rubrics and instructions in French. Engraved divisional headpieces mostly depicting Gospel scenes; engraved diagram of tonsures on page 283 in part 2. Letterpress music in text throughout. [12], 479, [1]; [4], 318, 2 pages. 2 parts in one volume. Small folio, 19th-century 1/2 sheep, extremities worn, front joint partly cracked; contents toned, minor marginal worming at beginning and end not impairing legibility, general title soiled and mounted. Paris: Charles Savreux, 1667

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First edition of the Rituale for the Diocese of Alet published by the Jansenist Bishop Nicolas Pavillon, which was condemned by Pope Clement IX.