AA.VV. - Orfèvrerie d'église - 1914





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Orfèvrerie d'église by AA.VV. is a 1914 rare first edition in this format, in French, bound in leather, with 211 pages and measuring 37 by 30 cm.
Description from the seller
1) Church Goldsmithing (Orficeria Sacra)
by AA.VV.
Ancient complete catalog of precious sacred objects
pp. 3 of text + 104 full-page plates describing the sacred objects, each with numerical codes + 104 full-page illustrated plates with all images of the described and numbered objects
New leather binding, the original front cover is reproduced on the front board, particularly interesting both for the title incised in large letters and because it bears on the board the letters V+F (brand mark of the historic French manufacturer Villard & Fabre - Lyon/Paris, active from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, specialized in producing furnishings, bronzes, and precious items intended for Catholic worship, of great artisanal mastery with deep theological and symbolic value - small unimportant tear to the first guard at the bottom)
Language: French
Size: 37 x 30 cm
Publisher: Villard & Fabre
Lyon, undated (1914) (precise date confirmed by specific research) extremely rare
Condition: excellent
N.B. This is a historically important edition for the Lyon manufactury:
Historical context: It was printed and distributed in the first half of 1914, just before the outbreak of World War I. It represents the apex of the company’s
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1) Church Goldsmithing (Orficeria Sacra)
by AA.VV.
Ancient complete catalog of precious sacred objects
pp. 3 of text + 104 full-page plates describing the sacred objects, each with numerical codes + 104 full-page illustrated plates with all images of the described and numbered objects
New leather binding, the original front cover is reproduced on the front board, particularly interesting both for the title incised in large letters and because it bears on the board the letters V+F (brand mark of the historic French manufacturer Villard & Fabre - Lyon/Paris, active from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, specialized in producing furnishings, bronzes, and precious items intended for Catholic worship, of great artisanal mastery with deep theological and symbolic value - small unimportant tear to the first guard at the bottom)
Language: French
Size: 37 x 30 cm
Publisher: Villard & Fabre
Lyon, undated (1914) (precise date confirmed by specific research) extremely rare
Condition: excellent
N.B. This is a historically important edition for the Lyon manufactury:
Historical context: It was printed and distributed in the first half of 1914, just before the outbreak of World War I. It represents the apex of the company’s

