Église Catholique - Missel de Paris, Latin-François - Rare Ensemble Complet en 8 Volumes - Reliure de Luxe en Plein - 1741

Rare and splendid complete 8-volume series of the celebrated "Missel de Paris" (Latin-French bilingual), printed in 1741 under the reign of Louis XV, in accordance with the liturgical reform (neo-Gallican) ordered by Monsignor de Vintimille, Archbishop of Paris.
The work comprises the entire sequence of texts of the liturgical year, arranged linearly from the Première Partie to the Huitième Partie (1 physical volume for each part of the text).
Prestige and Binding Features:
• Exterior of great luxury: 18th-century full Morocco leather binding in a Havana/tobacco hue. The spine with 5 raised bands richly ornamented with compartments and gilded floral borders, tabs bearing titles and volume numbers clearly legible. The covers are framed by a double gold filet with delicate gilded floral/gold lilies corner motifs.
• Silk endpapers: Endpapers and flyleaves splendidly covered in original pink moiré silk of the period, framed by an elegant and rich gold-lined dentelle on the inner leather.
• Gilded edges: All three edges of each volume (top, fore-edge and bottom) are fully gilded with 23-carat gold leaf, preserving extraordinary brightness and structural integrity when the book is closed.
Detailed Condition:
• Exterior (Excellent): The bindings are in excellent external condition. The leather of the period has retained its elasticity, its splendid natural sheen and the original patina. The headcaps, joints and corners are particularly well-preserved for volumes of nearly three centuries, showing exemplary structural solidity.
• Interior (Good overall with signs of use): The text block on rag paper is broadly fresh, with a crisp impression and very clear ink. As is normal for a liturgical text intended for devotion and consulted over time, there are some scattered foxing and small signs of use. More specifically, volumes 6 and 7 show a few small isolated halos more visible along the margins of certain pages. These minimal alterations do not in any way compromise the paper’s solidity nor the readability of the bilingual text, and attest to the authentic historical journey of the work.
An exceptionally impressive collectible, absolutely complete with all its original volumes.