Visites au Saint Sacrement et à la Sainte Vierge. Méditations pour l'Octave du St Sacrement; traits de feu et excercises de piété de S. Alphonse de Liguori - Prières pendant la Sainte Messe, Vêpres du Dimanche text Text Illusts by John Ward

Text Illusts by John Ward

John Minton

Original photography by Laziz Hamani includes Chiuri and Piccioli's most beloved Roman landmarks plus the spectacular inspiration boards created for every collection and the intricate paper patterns constructed for each couture gown

Original pale blue cloth with bright golden figure to the front with black title lettering

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Visites au Saint Sacrement et à la Sainte Vierge. Méditations pour l'Octave du St Sacrement; traits de feu et excercises de piété de S. Alphonse de Liguori - Prières pendant la Sainte Messe, Vêpres du Dimanche text Text Illusts by John WardTournai, Belgium: Socit S. Jean l'Evangliste, diteurs pontificaux Descle, Lefebvre & Cie, 1887. Stunning polished calf binding on a late 19th century book of sacraments, published in Tournai, with decorative gilt ornaments to front and back, heavily gilt spine divided into panels. Watered silk endpapers with wide decorative gilt turn ins. Text set within decorative wide borders; one illustration. All edges gold. A gorgeous example of the binder's art.