Masses for the dead (1 Ergebnisse)

4to, pp.55, [1]; full-page engraving of the Crucifixion by Jollain to p.14, title and text in red and black, text in double columns, music on four-line staves, woodcut device to title, woodcut initials; a few small holes to blank fore-edges, some light marks; a very good copy in contemporary calf, five raised bands to spine, red edges, eight later fore-edge tabs in black cloth, three later place markers; small loss at foot of upper cover, rubbed; old ink stamp at foot of title 'Bibliothèque de Juilly.A seemingly unrecorded Requiem Missal printed by Geneviève Gasse for the Parisian publisher and bookbinder François Coustelier.The text here comprises: preparatory prayers; the order of Mass for the dead; the Canon of the Mass, opening, as usual, with a full-page Crucifixion scene; texts for private Masses (on the day of decease, on the anniversary of death etc.); prayers for the dead (for deceased bishops, cardinals, relatives, and so on); post-Mass prayers; and a decree prohibiting the celebration of private Requiem Masses on double feast days. Rubrics are provided throughout, and, where appropriate, music on red four-line staves. The later fore-edge tabs to the Canon of the Mass in suitably sombre black cloth indicate continued priestly use of this volume long after publication. Geneviève Gasse (née Quillau, d.c.1709) succeeded her husband Clément Gasse in 1686, operating from rue Saint-Étienne-du-Mont. In 1690 she sold her printing house and shortly afterwards bought up that of Henri Lambin. She is recorded as operating four presses in 1692, with two in reserve, and two years later as employing two compagnons. Her other publications included works on mechanics, chronology, fireworks, and cultivating fruit trees. After entrusting her printing business to her son-in-law Daniel Jollet, she continued as a bookseller until at least 1703.No copies traced on OCLC or CCfr. Language: Latin. …