Les Vieilles Eglises de la Province de Quebec, 1647-1800.
Quebec. Commission des Monuments Historiques. 1925. Soft cover. Sm4to. 24.5cm, 323p. Colour frontis and 214 plates from photographs, bound in full crimson maroon fine grain morocco, gilt decorated and blind ruled raised bands, gilt titles and decorations in the panels, single gilt border rule on the boards, gilt fillet roll decoration on the board edges, wide gilt inner dentelles, very attractive matched marbled endpapers, original stiff wraps bound in, a fine Quebec Signed Binding, "Reliure Lesoleil Quebec" on a raised print label, a fine bright copy, attractively bound, the French edition is much scarcer than the English. (Qc) Brèves histoires de trente-huit églises, dont moins de la moitié datent de la période coloniale française. Chaque section comprend des photographies de l'extérieur, de l'intérieur et de l'autel de l'église en discussion; beaucoup incluent des photographies de la chaire, du sanctuaire, du travail du bois et d'autres éléments. Brief histories of thirty-eight churches, less than half of them dating from the French colonial period. Each section includes photographs of the exterior, interior, and altar of the church under discussion; many include photographs of the pulpit, sanctuary, wood work, and other elements. Item #37379
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