19th-c. French liturgical book on marriage rites

Description

19th-century French liturgical work containing marriage ceremonies, nuptial Mass, baptism rites, and post-natal Mass (relevailles), with French-Latin parallel texts. Features black-and-white frontispiece under tissue, colored gold-illustrated tissue-protected plates, numerous in-text and full-page black-and-white illustrations, decorative initials, borders, and tailpieces. Printed in two columns, 102 x 138 mm, with gilt edges. Bound in moiré percaline with gilt stamping. Light soiling, gilt inner roll, minor gray traces on endpapers; occasional foxing, otherwise a charming copy. Topics include sacramental grandeur, marital sanctity, Saint Augustine’s reflections, marital exhortations, baptism’s purpose, virtues of married life, family joys, Church blessings for spouses, post-natal Mass, daughters’ education, parental duties, and domestic happiness.