Charles du Vernoy; Charles Duvernoy — La Semaine Sainte

Geneva, Samuel de Tournes, 1696. Leather. A very scarce French collection of prayers for Holy Week, by Charles Duvernoy. A very scarce work.In the original French.The fifth edition of this work.Lacking a third of the title page, resulting in some loss to the title, and publication information. Publisher's name and date based on WorldCat.A religious work on Holy Week, the most sacred week in the liturgical year in Christianity, the week including Easter Sunday.This work contains a vast selection of prayers for every morning and evening for the week.Register runs as: *8, A-X8, Y3, Y6-Y8, Z8-Hh8. Lacking leaves Y4 and Y5. In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart, with some light discolouration and rubbing. Minor bumping to the extremities. Lacking the spine label. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little age-toned with scattered spots and handling marks. Title page is working loose, with loss to about one third of the leaf. Lacking leaves Y4 and Y5. Light edge wear to a few pages, resulting in a few small chips, including to the margin of leaf Y3, and more loss to leaf Hh8. Good . Ill.: None. Good .