PARVILLERS, R. P. A., La dévotion des Prédestinés ou les Stations de Jesu-Christ Crucifié qui se sont en Jérusalem par le R.P.A Parvillers, missionnaire apostolique. Arras, Del’Imprimerie de la Veuve de Michel Nicholas, rue Saint Géry, 1785.
(100 x 60 mm ) pp. [v], 158. Signature: A-G12. Quarter-page woodblock introducing each station; one full page woodblock of Christ crucified. Thick board covers with faux calf; Armenian red clay on foredges. Spine has loosened but is still sturdy. Provenance: “Célestine de Kuyper.” Overall VERY GOOD condition.
This charming little personal book of devotion was printed in a size to be held in the hand. The attractive woodblocks convey the reader through the Stations of the Cross. An interesting typographic feature occurs from pp. 149- 158, wherein “Ayez pitié de nous” (have pity on us) runs vertical to the main text of the “Litanies du Sauveur Flagellé” (the Litanies of the Whipped Saviour).