MEMENTO MORI. CATHOLICISM. MORAL LITERATURE. MOUTERDE (Gaspa - Lot 221

MEMENTO MORI. CATHOLICISM. MORAL LITERATURE. MOUTERDE (Gaspard, Abbé). Large album of color pictures for the explanation of the Catechism. Cardinal Perraud. Second part. Paris, Librairie Saint-Joseph, Tolra, [ca. 1890-1900]. In-folio, [36] f. (including title and table), 34 plates, publisher's fir half-chagrin and percaline, title stamped in silver on upper board, smooth spine decorated with crosses. Very rare illustrated catechism. Second part of this traditional catechism album, featuring 34 large, sometimes impressive chromotypographs opposite a text sheet for each, accompanied by an engraved title page and table of plates, as well as a text sheet for each plate. Binding rubbed in places with small angular paper loss, but internally fresh.