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KASIC, Bartol. Ritual Rimski Istomaccen Slovinski. V Riimu, Iz Vtiestenicae Sfet; Skuppa od Razplodyenya S. Vierrae, 1640.
First edition, rare especially as complete with both parts as here, of the first Roman Missal in Croatian, an important association copy from the library of a Prefect of Studies of the Propaganda Fide. The Missal is printed in Shtokavian (or Å tokavian), the prestige dialect of the pluricentric Serbo-Croatian language and the basis of its Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin standards. The Missal is adorned with many woodcuts and includes musical notation.
As well as publishing the first such translation of the Missal, Jesuit Bartol KaÅ¡ić (Bartholomaeus Cassius, 1575–1650) published the first Croatian/Illyrian grammar and produced (but did not published) a translation of the Bible. After his formative years in Pag (then Republic of Venice, now Croatia) and Rome, and after his ordination in the Society of Jesus, KaÅ¡ić embraced the Catholic and… Read More

2 vols., 12mo, pp. viii, 261; 208 + errata leaf; one gathering misbound, half-title to volume 2 only (as always); a very good copy in French contemporary quarter mottled sheep over pink marbled paper boards, spines gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces, green vellum corner-pieces; slightly rubbed and minor chipping to heads of spines.Rare first edition of Valérie, the most famous novel by the Russian mystic and novelist Madame de Krüdener (1766–1824), who for a time exerted an influence over Tsar Alexander I. The novel created a literary sensation, and became one of the classic novels of the pre-Romantic movement in France, receiving translations into a number of languages (although not apparently into Russian until 2000). Written partly as a roman à clef, it is largely inspired by the author's romantic liaison with Alexandre de Skatieff.Carteret I, 459; Vicaire IV, 723.