Officium Beatæ Mariæ Virginis (Antwerp Plantin, 1780)
The Little office of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the three seasons of the year, according to the Roman breviary.
first published in 1652
Very nice printed (in black and red) and unusually richly illustrated officium (book with offificial set of daily prayers, prescribed by the Roman Catholic Church, to be recited at the canonical hours by religious orders), which was ment for private use and therefore edited in a smaller format. Plantin's printing house developed the tradition of printing luxuriously religious, catholic editions. 12 anonymous copperengravings
Nuper reformatum & S. Pii V. Pont. Max. Jussu editum, ad instar Brevarii Romani sub Urbano VIII. recogniti, ubi omnia suis locis sunt extensa. Cum indulgentiis & orationibus a S. Pio V. ordinatus & hymnis ab Urbano VIII correctis. Accedunt Psalmi Vesperarum & Completorii pro Dominicis & Festis totius anni, unà cum Rosario B. Mariae.
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Religion; Catholicism; Liturgy; Prayer