CANTUS ECCLESIASTICUS PASSIONIS D.N. JESU CHRISTI, Fasc. I-II: Chronista & Christus, Secundum Matthaeum, Marcum, Lucam et Joannem Editus sub Auspiciis Sanctissimi Domini Nostri Pii Papae IX. Curante Sacrorum Rituum Congregatione.

Regensburg/New York: Frederick Pustet, 1877. Leather. 2 vols. 60p; 48p. A pair of oversize hardcover books bound in full black leather. The leather is scuffed due to years of normal handling. Small label of the University of Dayton's Marian Library on both volumes' back covers. Contains the stamps of Emmanuel Catholic Church, also in Dayton. Pages are lightly tanned with age, and there are some unobtrusive pencil notations on several pages. Vast majority of text clean, and binding tight. Very good condition on the whole. Item #325613

Gregorian chant for Holy Week according to the Tridentine liturgy. This edition was promulgated by Pope Pius IX in 1877, long predating the 1955 Holy Week reforms of Pius XII. The Approbatio is dated September 11, 1875. Volumes 1 and 2 only (of 3), CHRONISTA and CHRISTUS. Both volumes measure approx. 14" x 10". All text is in Latin.

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