Traitte des anciennes ceremonies, ou Histoire contenant leur naissance, & accroissement, leur entree en l’Eglise, & par quels degrez elles ont passé iusques à la superstition.

8vo: [64] ff. (cut short occasionally touching printed marginalia, 1st ff. toned).

19th-c. gilt red morocco by Jean Gaillard (Bruges, fl. 1857-1867), covers with flowery gilt border within gilt ruled border, richly gilt flat spine, gilt sides, red edges, decorative endpapers. Good copy.

Rare treatise on (Catholic) religious ceremonies, in a remarkable Bruges binding.
Ref. STCN 078356458. - Dubois d'Enghien p. 168. - Not in Goldsmith (BL).
Prov. Old inscription erased. - On front flyleaf a note on the acquisition and binding of this copy by "A. vanden Bogaerde", i.e. Anselmus vanden Bogaerde (1776-1866), Bruges collector.