Liturgical Vesperal Missal No. 307 I | Maison Mame | Tours c. 1950

French Catholic missal from the mid-20th century, published by the renowned Maison Mame in Tours. This comprehensive Missel Vespéral Liturgique Très Complet, N° 307 I, combines daily masses with vespers, devotions, and prayers, and features Latin liturgical texts alongside their French translations.

The missal has a characterful brown leather binding with the Christian Alpha and Omega symbols on the front cover. The gold-edged pages, various colored ribbon markers, and decorative marbled endpapers give the book the classic finish of a personal Catholic daily missal.

Inside, black and red liturgical print, religious illustrations, and several color plates alternate. The signs of use clearly tell the story of a book that did not just sit on a shelf: an old dried plant has even been preserved between the pages.

The copy has been used extensively and shows clear signs of age and wear. The binding is weakened and partially detached in several places, with loose and fragile pages and old repairs. An authentic religious object of use with a lot of character, suitable as a collector's item, devotional piece, or decorative vintage book.

Details

• Title: Missel Vespéral Liturgique Très Complet
• Publisher: Maison Mame
• Place of publication: Tours, France
• Publisher number: N° 307 I
• Dating: c. 1950-1951
• Imprimatur: Tours, June 29, 1950
• Nihil Obstat: A. Gibert, May 30, 1947
• Language: French and Latin
• Contents: daily masses, vespers, devotions, and prayers
• Binding: brown leather
• Decoration: Alpha and Omega on front cover
• Edges: gold-colored
• Illustrations: black and white and color plates
• Ribbon markers: multiple colored ribbons present
• Endpapers: decoratively marbled
• Dimensions: approx. 15 × 10 cm
• Thickness: approx. 4 cm
• Condition: clearly used vintage condition
• Condition details: binding locally loose and fragile, loose/vulnerable pages, wear to binding and paper, and old repairs