1766 ROMAN RITUAL in blindstamped pigskin Scarce 1st EDN

!! EXORCISM !! Plainchant Baptism Office of the Dead etc.

Rituale Constantiense jussu, & auctoritate [..]. Juxta normam ritualis romani reformatum, approbatum, & editum.

Constantiae (Konstanz), Labhart 1766.

4to. 21,3 x 16,2 cm.

5 leaves, 392 pp.

With woodcut initials and ornamental devices.

Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wood, clasps perished. Red edges.

Scarce First edition of this Roman Rite Ritual book.

The Rituale contains all the services performed by a priest that are not in the Missal and Breviary and has also, for convenience, some that are in those books. It is the latest and still the least uniform book of the Catholic rite. EXORCISM, plainchant, baptism, Office of the Dead, marriage, extreme unction, etc.

Text printed in red & black.

Written in Latin and partly in German.

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A good example of this scarce Rituale.

Binding rubbed and partly stained. Claps perished. Inner joints working a little touch. Inside fresh with some marginal staining to first & last few pages, minor occasional marginal fingering. title page a little touch dusty.

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