Explanation of the Construction, Furniture and Ornaments of a Church, of the Vestments of the Clergy and of the Nature and Ceremonies of the Mass BOUND WITH Explanations of the Ceremonies of Holy Week in the Chapels of the Vatican

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~TITLE CONTINUES: and those of Easter Sunday, in the Church of St. Peter. ~Original half sheep, marbled paper to boards. Gilt lettering, gilt rules, and blind decor to spine. Mild marking near base of spine where shelfmark label has been removed. Mild rubbing to boards and board edges. All edges speckled blue. 8vo (10.4 x 18.2cm). Catholic Central Library stamp to verso of first title page. Minor foxing. Two books bound in one, both with identical 1833 publication date and imprint, and both the work of John England (1786-1842), a prominent figure in the Catholic Emancipation movement and the first Catholic Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina. 'In 1832 he paid an ad limina visit to Rome, where his energy had earned him the sobriquet il vescovo a vapore - the steam bishop (ODNB); these two companion volumes were written during his time in Rome and intended, as per England's dedicatory letter to Cardinal Weld, to offer an English-language explanation of Papal ceremonial to British and American visitors to Rome, including those 'unfortunately separated from our communion': 'I trust they will be read in a spirit corresponding to that in which they were written; that of respect for the feelings and understandings of those from whom we differ, but with an unshaken conviction on our part, that we hold to the original doctrine and divine institutions, from which so lamentable a departure has been made' (Explanation, pp. v, vi). With errata page and folding textual representation of the procession for Easter Sunday to rear. Carefully printed, despite the difficulties involved, as England explains, 'when the compositors do not know the language in which they set up the type' (Ceremonies, p. v). ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request. Size: viii, 156, viii, 154, (2)pp. N° de ref. del artículo JJ5511

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