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Praeparatio ad nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi ad excitandos animi affectus ex missali Romano, et breviario collecta ad usum ecclesiasticorum in choro psallentium a die XVI Decembris usque ad vigiliam nativitatis D. N. J. C. inclusive. Turin, Ignazio Soffietti, [c. 1790].
8vo, pp. 28, [4 (blank)]; title-page with hand-coloured woodcut of the Nativity, some lines of title highlighted with a red wash, printed liturgical music on pp. 17–28, woodcut tailpiece; somewhat soiled, stained and lightly browned, some wear to edges; sewn in a block-printed decorative paper wrapper, a pattern of leaves divided by blocks of small dots, leaves with faded yellow and red colouring; wrapper somewhat worn.
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Praeparatio ad nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi ad excitandos animi affectus ex missali Romano, et breviario collecta ad usum ecclesiasticorum in choro psallentium a die XVI Decembris usque ad vigiliam nativitatis D. N. J. C. inclusive.
An extremely rare short liturgical text to be used in the festive season from 16 to 24 December, complete with music, with a hand-coloured title-page and in decorative wrappers.
This seems to have been a regular publication in Turin, as numerous other editions with the same title are recorded, from the early eighteenth century onwards.
This edition not traced on OCLC. OPAC SBN records only two copies, both apparently without the music on pp. 17–28.