Cantiques de Saint-Suplice. Augmenté du Supplément de Saint-Roch

Paris: E. Robert, 189 Rue Saint-Honoré, en face l’Eglise Saint-Roch, No date [c. 1853]. Leather bound. [RELIGION] [FRENCH LANGUAGE]. 24mo (5 5/8  x 3 ¾) ; xx, 416pp ; black goat skin over board, 5 raised bands on spine; gilt-stamped lettering on spine; all edges gilt; gilt dentelles, bronze floral brocade endpapers; wood-engraved frontispiece with tissue guard; red & green bound in silk bookmark; light wear to boards, rear fep has light vertical crease, a few light spots; very good plus. OCLC lists only one copy at Yale University. Very good +. Item #1598

A nicely bound and scarce small book for worship, containing the Roman Catholic hymns of Saint Suplice, Sulpitius the Pious, who was a 6th century French bishop of Bourges. Saint Roch (c. 1348-1376/79), was a French patron saint of dogs, invalids, of the falsely accused, and bachelors, who is often called upon to prevent cholera and other infectious diseases. Also included are principal Latin chants.

Price: $200.00