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BINDING-LOUISE HENRIETTE OF BOURBON, DUCHESS OF ORLÉANS] L'office de la quinzaine de Pasque, Latin-François, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris . Paris: Aux dépens des libraires associés pour les usages du diocèse (printed by J.B. Herissant), 1741. Full dark red period morocco, the covers with the gilt arms of the Duchess, edged with a triple fillet, spine in six compartments, gilt with fleurs-de-lys, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. 6 1/2 x 4 inches (16.5 x 10 cm); 48, 599, [1] pp. In sound, attractive and unrestored condition. Recipe for the treatment of rheumatism on the verso of the rear endpaper. Bound for the wife of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, known as Philippe Égalité, who supported the Revolution, but who still died on the guillotine. Olivier 2573. C