Joannis Stephani Duranti - Libri tres de ritibus Ecclesiae Catholicae - 1675

Jean-Étienne Duranti — De Ritibus Ecclesiae Catholicae — 1675
Fine copy of an important treatise on Catholic liturgy from the XVIIth century, published in Lyon in 1675 by Jean Certe.
Jean-Étienne Duranti (1534-1589), magistrate and first president of the Parliament of Toulouse, is the author of this work devoted to the rites, ceremonies and traditions of the Catholic Church.
This Lyon edition of 1675, printed in Latin, features a title page in red and black, adorned with a fine engraving depicting the Holy Trinity.
The work also includes several engraved headpieces, historiated initials, and typographic ornaments characteristic of 17th-century printing.
Description matérielle :
Format in-quarto.
VI – 512 pages, followed by the tables.
Contemporary full calf binding in brown.
Five-nerve spine, richly ornamented with fleurons and gilt motifs.
Gilded title piece.
Colored edges.
Numerous wood-engraved ornaments.
Old stamp of the ecclesiastical library.
État de conservation :
Fine copy kept in its old binding.
Binding shows rubbing, epidermures and wear marks consistent with its age.
Spine retains a handsome gilded decoration.
Interior particularly fresh for a work over 350 years old, with a well-contrasted print and legible ornaments.
There is a stain on pages 69-70, with no impact on reading.
Old stamp of the Bibliothèque du Sacré-Cœur, evidencing the ecclesiastical provenance of the copy.
An interesting work of theology and the history of liturgy, preserved in an elegant 17th-century binding.