Hours of the Virgin. Finely illustrated rococo missal from the Vatican press

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Hours of the Virgin. Officio della B.V. Maria per tutti i tempi dell anno. Con le diciarazioni, e spiegazioni dell Abate Alessandro Mazzinelli. And: Officio de morti dello Spirito Santo, e della Santa Croce, con i sette Salmi penitenziali. .Rome, Gioacchino & Gio: Giuseppe Salvioni, Stampatori Pontificii Vaticani, 1756. Small 4to. iv + [2O]p + 407 + [l]p (the two works with continuous pagination). Printed throughout in red & black. With extra engraved full-page title, oval cartouche on both titles, 14 full-page engravings by Arnold v. Westerhout, Jacob Freij and others, after Josef Passarus, 10 near half-page engraved end-pieces (2 signed by J. Freij, 1 by M. Schedl), wood-engraved historiate and foliate capital initials in both red and black. Contemporary red morocco with richly ornate gilt floral designs on covers and spine, edges gilt; spine end and corners repaired. An attractive rococo missal with elaborate contemporary gilt floral binding. The work bears a short dedicatory preface by the publishers and reference to the Papal Bull of Pius V. The illustrations depict biblical stories and allegorical representations of the Virgin s life, the extra title is a fine interpretation of God appearing to Adam and Eve in the garden with the serpent, the engraver Westerhout has dedicated the work to Ferdinand, Prince of the Etruscans. The end-pieces generally show putti with allegorical emblems, one or two are metaphors of self-sacrifice (the pelican with her young). Binding worn, else Well preserved. N° de ref. del artículo 1087

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