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Up for sale is an incredibly beautiful, highly premium vintage mid-century Catholic bridal prayer book titled "My Bridal Book: A Complete Prayerbook for the Catholic Bride." This exquisite, deluxe liturgical edition was published by the historic Australian religious firm Pellegrini & Co. Pty. Ltd. (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth) and masterfully printed in Belgium.
💎 COLLECTOR'S KEY NOTE: While the exterior binding adhesive has naturally dried with age causing the outer spine material to come loose, the internal structural paper hinges are 100% solid, and every single page inside remains in absolutely MINT, crisp, unread condition. No personal writing, no dog-ears, no smudges, and zero foxing. It is an exceptionally clean historical survivor.
Official Ecclesiastical Imprimatur:
• Date: January 6, 1956 (6 Januarii 1956)
• Location: Mechelen, Belgium (Mechliniæ)
• Signed By: Leo Joseph Suenens (L. Suenens, vic. gen. — who later went on to become a highly prominent Cardinal).
Premium Deluxe Features:
• Opalescent Cover: Stunning, iridescent mother-of-pearl style celluloid cover plate with gold-embossed inlay text and decorative corner accents.
• Interior Shadowbox: Built directly into the inside front cover lining is a gorgeous gold-toned crucifix inset, complete with an "IHS" Christogram monogram emblem and bordered by crisp gold-leaf tooling.
• Rare Painted Art-Gilt Edges: The page edges feature a beautiful double-treatment. When closed, it showcases detailed, ornate goffered patterns stamped directly into the gold leaf. As the pages turn and shift, an exquisite, hidden hand-painted red and orange floral layout reveals itself underneath the gold.
• Pre-Vatican II Parallel Text: Contains the full "Ordinary of the Holy Mass" printed in a beautiful side-by-side Latin and English dual-language format. Features the historical time-measured indulgence text markers ("Indulgence of 10 years"), anchoring it perfectly to the traditional post-war era.
Condition Report:
• Interior Content: Absolutely mint condition. Pages are bright white, completely clean, tightly bound together, and untouched by time.
• Exterior & Adhesives: Good vintage condition overall, but showing typical signs of 70-year-old glue degradation. The external mother-of-pearl spine strip has naturally dried out and lifted loose away from the text block spine backing, and the edge frame of the interior rosary compartment is coming unstuck (both fully detailed in the photo gallery). The celluloid shell material itself remains completely whole with no missing pieces, cracks, or shatter lines. An exceptional candidate for a light dab of restoration glue, or magnificent as a display piece.
Shipping & Handling:
Will be wrapped securely in heavy bubble wrap and packed inside a rigid cardboard box to prevent any shifting or damage to the loose spine cover during transport. Sent via tracked parcel post. International buyers are welcome!
