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L'Office de la Semaine Sainte à l'usage de la maison du Roy

Artist Nicolas Le Sueur (French, 1691-1764)
Date1743
Dimensionsbook: 8 x 5 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. (203 x 130 x 41mm)
page: 7 13/16 x 4 3/4 in. (199 x 120mm)
MediumOriginal prints: engravings and wood-engraved ornaments, initials, head and tail pieces Text: letterpress Paper: cream laid paper
ClassificationBooks
Object number
1925.29
Not on View
DescriptionRed calf- gold tooled- arms of Louis XV on front and back.
Label TextThe royal coat of arms of louis XV, King of France 1715 to 1774, decorates the rich leather binding of this book, containing all the liturgy for the holy week before Easter. The three fleur-de-lys arranged within a shield surmounted by the royal crown were stamped in gold, as was the richly tooled border.
Erythraei Eudemiae Libri VIII
[S.n., Cologne], 1637 (Elzevir Press?)
1637
Les Fleurs du mal
Henri Matisse
1947

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