Eucologe ou Livre D'eglise A L'usage De Paris

6R Catholic Liturgical Text. Paris: Cl. Simon, 1789. In French

Notes

Eucologe ou Livre d’Église à l’usage de Paris is a traditional Catholic liturgical book compiled for use in the diocese of Paris, containing the official offices and prayers for Sundays and feast days throughout the liturgical year. It typically presents texts in parallel Latin and French, offering the Church’s prescribed prayers for morning and evening services according to the Parisian rite, which was a regional variant of the wider Catholic liturgical tradition. Editions of this eucologe were printed in Paris in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and were often richly bound, reflecting both their devotional importance and their value as objects of ecclesiastical culture. The term “eucologe” itself refers broadly to such prayer books containing rites and offices; in this case, the volume provided clergy and devout laity with accessible liturgical texts in the vernacular alongside Latin. Copies vary by edition and condition, and collectors value them both for their religious content and as artifacts of French Catholic practice before liturgical standardization in later centuries.

Description

Beautiful red leather binding with gold tooling front, back and spine, three gold edge giild, very good condition.