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LITURGY, Lesser Eastern Rites, Syriac. - Officium Defunctorum ad usum Maronitarum S.D.N. Gregorii XIII Pont. Max. impensa Chalaicis characteribus impressum. Syriac text. Rome: Dominicus Basa, 1585.
4° (202 x 137mm.). A-Y4 [Z]2. 90 leaves. Printed in red and black. Three woodcut illustrations. Text, decorated with fleurons, within a border composed of fleurons (some old dampstaining, particularly to last few leaves). 19th-century calf-backed boards.
FIRST EDITION of this Maronite (Syrian Christian) Liturgy for the Dead. The typography is striking, featuring types (and possibly fleurons) designed by Granjon. A Maronite college was started in Rome in 1584 by Pope Gregory XIII. Basa's press was a forerunner of the Medici Oriental Press. Adams L-861.
4° (202 x 137mm.). A-Y4 [Z]2. 90 leaves. Printed in red and black. Three woodcut illustrations. Text, decorated with fleurons, within a border composed of fleurons (some old dampstaining, particularly to last few leaves). 19th-century calf-backed boards.
FIRST EDITION of this Maronite (Syrian Christian) Liturgy for the Dead. The typography is striking, featuring types (and possibly fleurons) designed by Granjon. A Maronite college was started in Rome in 1584 by Pope Gregory XIII. Basa's press was a forerunner of the Medici Oriental Press. Adams L-861.