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BINDING-ARMORIAL] La retraite d'un pénitent durant les jours de la Semaine Sainte . Paris: Prault, 1741. Full French red morocco gilt of the period, covers with the oval arms of Marie-Victoire Sophie de Noailles, Comtesse de Toulouse painted on vellum covered with mica, surrounded by an onlaid frame of olive morocco gilt, the covers with a broad floral roll, flat spine in compartments, all edges gilt. 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 inches (13 x 18 cm); [xiv], 214, [2] pp. A few minor evidences of wear, but overall in very fresh condition, old ownership blind-stamp on the title, unidentified ducal bookplate on the front pastedown. A very charming binding indeed, both binding and arms very well preserved. This class of bindings, armorial with painted arms under mica, are quite scarce. C