Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti concilii Tridentini restitutum. Concilii Tridentini Restitutum, S. Pii V. jussu editum, Clementis VIII et Urbani Papae Octavi Auctoritate Recognitum...

"11. Antverpiae, (Antwerpen), Ex Architypographia Plantiniana , 1732 , in-folio, 36 x 23 cm, title with engraved vignette + (60) nn pp + 624 pp + cxxviii pp + (18) nn pp (supplements, some printed in Paris) + (4)(index) , with 6 full page copper engraved plates (by C. Galle). The missal is entirely printed in red and black, with numerous woodcut ornamental initials which are also printed in red and black; many pages with printed scores of music ( red printed staves). On the inside of the first fly-leaf is a contemporary manuscript ex-libris '' Le Roy Prestre . escl. de M. 1749 '' (?). . Fine interior allthough there is some slight uniform browning at some pages. Binding : French 18th century full red morocco; marbled endpapers and fly leaves. Both covers with identical gilt tooling consisting of a triple fillet quadrangle with fleurons at the corners; within a triple fillet at the margins. Large central laurel medallion with in the centre a 7 starred crown above the initials M.A. ( Holy Mary), underneath the initials a gilt heart, all edges gilt. Richly decorated spine. The book still contains the original silk book mark. Two corners very slightly bumped, some very minor traces of use but still a very good copy of an impressive book in a very handsome French full morocco binding. Interesting specimen of an important liturgical books produced by the Plantin Press in Antwerp. The company had already in the preceding century acquired the monopoly for producing these missals for the Netherlands , Spain and the whole of South America."