Rituale ad usum dioecesis Tornacensis, Joannis Ernesti, felicis recordationis episcopi Tornacensis jussu olim concinnatum. Nunc verò [...] D.D. Guilielmi Florentini, eiusdem dioecesis episcopi auctoritate & studio illustratum et recognitum.

4to: [22]-501-[5] pp. (sl. yellowed lvs, waterstains on some lvs, a few foxing and sm. stains).

Contemp. mottled brown sheepskin, ribbed spine, gilt title, red edges (strongly rubbed, scratches, dulled corners, shelf-mark labels on board and spine).

1st edition of this liturgical book published by a Tournai canon. Contains a calender of the feasts and the texts of the various rites: eucharist, baptism, marriage, confession, extreme unction, office of the dead, absolution of heresy, exorcism, etc. Ill. with woodcut on title, engr. head-piece by Delecourt in Tournai, and numerous music scores in text. Ref. Desmazières 2043. Prov. Order of Friar Preachers of Leuven (stamp, ms. shelf-marks).