[MANUSCRIT]. [DEVOTION]. Four Scriptural Extracts for Liturg - Lot 281

[MANUSCRIT]. [DEVOTION]. Four Scriptural Extracts for Liturgical Feasts: For the Day of the Presentation of J. Ch. and the Purification of Mary; For the Day of Ashes; For the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament; For the Day of the Exaltation of the Cross of Jesus Christ. In French, manuscript on paper With drawing: pen, black ink and black ink wash on paper (attributed to Gravelot) France, 18th century 257 pp. preceded by 6 ff. of paper and followed by 11 ff. of paper, cursive writing in brown ink, text framed in pale red ink, drawing on frontispiece, depicting the Presentation of Jesus Christ (Circumcision; feast of the Purification of Mary on February 2). Bound in brown calf, 5-ribbed spine, gilt lettering on spine, simple cold fillet framing on boards, roulettes on edges and inside, gilt edges, combed marbled paper. Epidermures, a few stains on boards, brittle jaws, one page cut out between pp. 8-9 but no text missing, pagination follows without interruption. Dimensions: 100 x 155 mm. The ink and wash drawing of the Presentation in the Temple (Circumcision) is attributed in pencil to "Gravelot". This must be Hubert-François Bourguignon d'Anville, known as Gravelot (1699-1773), a successful illustrator, engraver and painter of the early 18th century. Provenance: 1. handwritten inscription on second endpaper: "De la maison de nouvelles catholiques de Blois". - 2. Ex-libris vignette pasted on the upper flyleaf: "Bibliothèque de Mr. Jules Pardonneau à Tours".