Binding.- Missale ad usum Cisterciensis, 2 parts in 1, collation: A8 a-o8 p4 : A-K8, printed in red and black, large woodcut device of Girault to title, woodcut illustrations, some full-page within ornate woodcut borders, woodcut criblé initials, woodcut musical notation, title with repair to upper and outer margin, affecting a few letters or numbers verso, first A6 mostly marginal repaired short tear, just within text, but with very minor loss, first A8 loose, o5 small piece torn from lower margin, a few small repairs, water-stained, some spotting or staining (including occasional ink), occasional minor worming, lightly browned, contemporary Spanish calf with plateresque decoration, covers with central cross of the Order of Alcántara with initials C.F.I.O., a smaller cross at corners, roll-tooled borders of military trophies and animals, stamps of a church, trees and animals, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with blind-ruled cross decoration, lacking ties, rubbed and scuffed, Paris, Ambroise Girault, Jean Petit, Enguilbert de Marnef & Jean Kerbriant, 8vo (184 x 124mm.; binding 186 x 128mm.), 1529. *** The calendar has a single manuscript entry for St Mary of Alcántara. The Order of Alcántara used Cistercian regulations, and the church stamp on the cover suggests that this binding may have been made for the priory of the Order of San Benito de Alcántara. The trees on the binding may represent pear trees, as the Order was founded near a church dedicated to St Julian which had pear trees growing nearby, and was therefore known as San Julián del Pereiro. The printing of the work was shared by those listed and appears with variant title pages. Literature: Adams A1231; Weale-Bohatta 1765 (with Marnef’s device).