[Religious Iconography] [Fine Binding] St. Cecilia.. French Devotional Work with Ornate Metal Binding Portrait of Saint Cecilia.
Octavo French prayer book, 19th century, in a blue velvet binding edged in metal, most probably silver, with a central clasp; front cover in deep relief depicting Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music and musicians playing a church organ surrounded by a frame of gothic cathedral architectural elements and angels, engraved with the initials E.A.P., consisting of silver-gilt cast base metal; sold as a binding, lacking title and publisher pages, otherwise complete in pagination 1 - 663 pp; 5 x 4 in. An impressive and graphically striking piece of devotionalia.
[Religious Iconography] [Fine Binding] St. Cecilia.. French Devotional Work with Ornate Metal Binding Portrait of Saint Cecilia.
Octavo French prayer book, 19th century, in a blue velvet binding edged in metal, most probably silver, with a central clasp; front cover in deep relief depicting Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music and musicians playing a church organ surrounded by a frame of gothic cathedral architectural elements and angels, engraved with the initials E.A.P., consisting of silver-gilt cast base metal; sold as a binding, lacking title and publisher pages, otherwise complete in pagination 1 - 663 pp; 5 x 4 in. An impressive and graphically striking piece of devotionalia.