Handgebonden Luxe Missaal - Missel de L'Histoire Sainte - 1903

Gorgeous luxury hand-bound copy.
The master bookbinder has for this missal.
A special band made, fully finished.
both the outer and inner plates and the
protective plates; completely gold-plated
both on the top cover and on the back cover is
the artificially stamped leather embossed,
Impressions on the back and plates reveal the
Art spirit of the time, Jugendstil.
The leather and stamped frame of the interior.
Plates are finished with hand-painted linen.
even the opposite protective plates, it
Shield plate for the title which is stamped in gold.
Letters M.T. (Marguerite Testory, 1901-?)
The lithographed page for the title is beautifully executed.
calligraphed and gold-embossed handwriting
Date of the gift: April 16, 1911, Première Commune.
The two pages (intended for that purpose) after the title page.
Mention the marriage between her and Henri Clavel.
(Limoges, 1899–?) on October 30, 1922




Missal of the Holy History No. 1018
Imprimateur: Tornaci
Year: 1903
Publisher: Zech et Fils, Braine le Comte