Paroissien Romain contenant Les Offices des Dimanches et des Fêtes de l'Année suivis du Propre et du Commun des Saints. Dijon: Antoine Maitre, éditeur, 1876.
pp. 592. Full color, full page illustrations throughout by A. Gerin. Full edges gilt. Bound in full calf with stamped decorations. Two ornate clasps with gothic features. Gauffered turn ins. Silk-style book mark. Each page with red border. Overall VERY GOOD condition.
Family ownership inscriptions in 19th and 20th c. hands. Marie Labourcade appears the earliest. "Jean Carricadeur petit fils de Marie Labourcade, Missel de sa communion faite au Lycée de Bayonne, le 30 Mai 1937". Prayer cards throughout including for Claude Lacaussade 30 Mai 1937, one inscribed in ink A mon petit ami Jean, souvenir de ma communion solennelle Jean Lesbordes 30 Mai 1937 Chappelle du Lycée Bayonne, communion card for André Vital 30 Mai 1937 Chappelle du Lycée Bayonne, ommunion card for Jacques Sentuc 30 Jun 1937 Chappelle du Lycée Bayonne,
Housed in original black box with white silk interior. Including prayer card of Virgin Mary (Mater Salvatoris) with verso printed Philippe Jules Eluère 30 Mai 1937 Lycée de Bayonne, Cadenat Frères Beziers on off white paper and printed letter dated 18-6-40, addressed to a man's wife and children, speaking of his duty as a French soldier and the pain of the Great War and the current struggles during WWII, mentions son, Jean.