Late 19th C Mini Black Leather Clasp Portuguese Devotional Prayer Book with Inserts Vintage

Late 19th C Mini Black Leather Clasp Portuguese Devotional Prayer Book with Inserts VintageMini Black Clasp Book Flores de Piedade Late 19th C Portuguese Devotional Prayer Book Flores de Piedade ou Livrinho d'Oracoes Written By: P. A. Luiz Moreira Printed by Benziger & Co S. A., Einsiedeln, Switzerland (1899) Second edition with ecclesiastical approval Little prayer book was intended for private devotion, often used by Portuguese and Brazilian Catholics around the turn of the 20th c Author Father Luiz Moreira was a professor at the

decorative floral borders

Extraordinary presentation of European imperial history

You can see the Etang des Carpes (Carp pond) in the foreground

Ink and Watercolor Wash on Heavy Paper with Precise Drafting Lines

Cut crystal and gilt-bronze (ormolu) urn in a neoclassical style (Late 19th / Early 20th C)

this fortress stands tall amidst lush overgrowth

The inscription indicates the composition is after a work by F

and white blossoms

Seal plate is worn or plain

Château de Bressuire (Deux-Sèvres)

Made by Parkins & Gotto London

candied fruits or correspondence sets - intended as gifts for nobility and elite