Processional des dames Benedictines de l'Abbaye Royalle de Farmontiers / gravé par les ordres de Madame Marie-Renée de Maupeou, abbesee de cette abbaye ; ouvrage gravé par Joseph Renou.

Accession number:

PML 125443

Published:

[Faremoutiers] : Abbaye Royalle de Farmontiers, 1748.

Credit:

Bequest of Dr. Beatrice Bishop Berle, 1993.

Description:

1 score ([2] leaves, 227, [1] p.) : ill. (engraving) ; 25 cm

Notes:

Processional for the Abbaye Royale de Farmontiers (Faremoutiers).
Engravings by Herman Weyen and Joseph Renou.

Binding:

18th-century green goatskin, with gold tooling on covers and spine; bound for and with the episcopal arms of Antoine-René de la Roche de Fontenilles, Bishop of Meaux; pink silk endleaves and 4 silk place-marker ribbons; all edges gilt, likely by Padeloup le jeune.

Provenance:

Antoine-René de la Roche de Fontenilles; bookplate of Cortlandt F. Bishop; Beatrice Bishop Berle.

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Classification:

Binding Collection

Genres:

Engravings

Goatskin bindings (Binding)

Armorial bindings (Binding)

Bookbinding (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books