The Roman Breviary [Bute Edition]; Vol. III, Summer
by CRICHTON-STUART, JOHN PATRICK (Translator)
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- Hardcover
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- Near fine. Very light rubbing & bumping to fore-corners; moderate soiling to endpapers. Text otherwise clean & bright, binding s
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Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1908. First Thus. Hardcover. Near fine. Very light rubbing & bumping to fore-corners; moderate soiling to endpapers. Text otherwise clean & bright, binding square & rather tight.. 8vo. 5.875 x 8.25 in. xxxv, [i], 1033, [1] pp. Rebound in plain black cloth, titled in gilt on spine, all edges red. Volume Three (Summer) only of 'The Roman Breviary: Reformed by Order of the Holy Oecuminical Council of Trent; Published by Order of Pope St Pius V.; and Revised by Clement VIII., Urban VIII., and Leo XIII Together with Offices since Granted and The Martyrology. Translated out of Latin into English by John, Marquess of Bute, K.T. A New Edition for Use in England.'. A crisp copy of a scarce volume. Complete sets of this edition, originally published in 1879, are indeed rare. John Patrick Crichton-Stuart (1847-1900), Marquess of Bute, Knight of the Thistle, Knight Grand Cross of St. Gregory and of the Holy Sepulchre, was an humble & devout Scottish recusant aristocrat, scholar, and philanthropist (The Catholic Encyclopedia).
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- Irving Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 310
- Title
- The Roman Breviary [Bute Edition]; Vol. III, Summer
- Author
- CRICHTON-STUART, JOHN PATRICK (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine. Very light rubbing & bumping to fore-corners; moderate soiling to endpapers. Text otherwise clean & bright, binding s
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1908
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