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MISSALS] Missale Romanum ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridenti Restitutum... Mechliniae [i.e. Mechelen, Belgium]: Typographia Hanicquiana, 1835. Full crimson morocco, elaborately ornamented with gilt designs and mounted brass attachments, covers tooled with a central vaulted panel with a cathedral design, a mounted highly stylized brass cross on the front cover engraved with a stylized Agnus Dei, the rear cover with a similar cross engraved with Christ the King, engraved brass bosses and clasps, elaborate gauffered gilt edges, wide gilt-decorated turn-ins with silk doublures, the Canon Missae tabbed with 6 silk markers at fore-edge, housed in a large hinged case, containing an additional compartment with variously colored silk markers with pendular wood and gold tassels for marking passages. 16 x 10 inches (40 x 26 cm); [8], 12, 600, cxi [1] pp.; double-column text within ruled borders printed in red and black throughout, illustrated with vignette title and 10 full-page engraved plates. Memorial dedication to the Church of St. Everild, dated July 9, 1839, handsomely lettered in gold on a vellum leaf at front, with an illuminated painting of ecclesiastic arms, with cardinal's hat, miter, staff, and St. Peter's key. Some minor soiling and light rubbing (the case very worn), brass clasps original but likely restored at some time. A spectacular Altar Missal with a very unusual binding. Sold with a second missal, Regensburg: 1892, in an ornate leather binding. C From the Collection of Walter Ward Jr.