(1900) UNIQUE Missal? ENAMEL Painting Virgo Mary? Antique Christian Bible Art

Thank you and good luck! SOUGHT AFTER SOUGHT AFTER SOUGHT AFTER. We are offering here a SCARCE Christian devotional book from 1900's.

UNIQUE Fine Binding "Missal of the life of Jesus" with ENAMEL Painting. Brown leather binding with an UNIQUE French Enamel Porcelain Painting to the front board. All 304 text pages richly illuminated and illustrated in COLOR with different religious motives. Showing the life of Jesus Christ. This is a beautiful example of the quality of. Produced in the late part. Of the 19th century by the one of the master enamellers of Limoges Léon Sazerat! It has been extraordinarily difficult to made those paintings - each colour in these Limoges enamels has to be applied separately then fired then on to the next colour. The beauty of these enamels is that they never age, never fade and are really difficult to damage so they remain perfect throughout the ages. Enamels can take between 16 and 22 firings, a long and laborious process that has to be right first time each time. No wonder they are so sought after! Embossed brown leather binding with gilt ornamentation. Gilt title to the spine. Spine with five raised bands. 16 x 9,5 cm (6.3" x 3.75"). Size of the enamel porcelain painting. 3,5 x 4,0 cm (1.38" x 1.57").

Collation complete - Half-title, Frontispiece, E ngraved title page, 304 pages. Full leather leather binding is tight and firm, overall in excellent condition. With minimal signs of wear mostly to the extremities, boards little bowed. Pages/Text block also in excellent condition, clean and bright, no foxing or markings. Overall the condition of the book is NEAR FINE.

Enamel porcelain painting is also in excellent condition, colors are fresh and clear, surface is undamaged. I do not mark merchandise values?? below value or mark items as "gifts" - U.

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