Estimate: | £50 - £80 |
BOUASSE-LEBEL (publishers). Les Convives du Divin Banquet. Heureux ceux qui sont assis à la table des Anges. Paris: “Bouasse-Lebel, 29, rue Saint-Sulpice,” [1847 or later]. 12mo (115 x 78mm). Card booklet, the upper cover with 4 flaps opening to reveal chromolithographed illustrations, heightened in gilt, the interior with 2 further flaps, lace surround (stain to lace surround and lower wrapper). RARE. The publishers Bouasse-Lebel, who specialised in religious and devotional printing in the kitsch Catholic taste, were founded in Paris in 1845, moving to their address at 29 Rue Saint-Sulpice in 1847. This is one of their more elaborate productions. With a small quantity of related items. (qty)