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The Office of Holy Week for the Use of the King’s Household. At Herissant, Paris, undated (circa 1770), in-8 (13.5 x 19 cm), 677 pp., 3 pp. (table of contents), 66 pp. (Office of the Dead), 3 pp. (manuscript). Period binding in full red morocco, spine with five raised bands adorned with compartments and gilt fillets, arms gilt at the center of each cover surrounded by a wide gilt border, gilt dentelle on the fore-edges and inner border, all edges gilt. Copy enriched with 6 engravings mounted as plates. Rarest and precious binding bearing the arms of Marie-Antoinette, Dauphine, a title she retained for nearly four years, from 16 May 1770 (marriage to the future Louis XVI) to 10 May 1774 (death of Louis XV, which made her Queen of France). Arms reproduced in the “Manual of the Amateur of French Armorial Bindings,” written by Dr. Eugène Olivier, plate no. 2529 (see attached photos). Condition: Some minor rubbing and stains on the binding, rare foxing. The Office of the Dead ends at page 66 and appears incomplete in its final pages. At the end, an anonymous 3-page manuscript entitled “Acte de contribution.” Careful packing in a rigid and waterproof package.

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