L'office de la semaine sainte, Paris, 1727, contemporary red morocco gilt, and one other similar, 2 volumes

L'Office de la semaine sainte and Daniele Bartoli

Two works in decorative bindings, comprising:

L'Office de la semaine sainte a l'usage de la maison du Roy... Nouvelle edition. Paris: Jacques Collombat, 1727, 8vo (215 x 140mm.), additional engraved title-page, engraved section titles, woodcut initials, contemporary red morocco gilt with the French royal arms, spine similarly gilt, gilt edges, gilt patterned paper endleaves, red wax seal stamped to flyleaf, in an open-sided slipcase

BARTOLI, Daniello. Europeae historiae Societatis Jesu pars prior, Anglia [translated into Latin by Louis Janin]. Lyon: A. Demen, 1671, 4to (222 x 161mm.), woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, calf with small gilt fleurs-de-lys on covers, within blind-tooled borders and a blind-tooled spine, gilt edges, occasional light foxing

together 2 volumes

Bartoli's work is a detailed account of the Jesuits in England during the reign of Elizabeth.