A VERY OLD GERMAN ROMAN CATHOLIC BOOK - 'CHRISTKATHOLISCHE HANDPOSTILLE' BY P. LEONARD GOFFINE!!

THE BOOK IS IN GERMAN AND PRINTED IN THE GOTHIC STYLE SO I CANNOT GIVE TOO MANY DETAILS. LEONARD GOFFINE(1648 - 1719) WAS A GERMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO WROTE DEVOTIONAL TEXTS AND HIS INFLUENCE LASTED FOR TWO CENTURIES AFTER HIS DEATH. THIS BOOK COMPRISES OF BRIEF COMMENTARIES (OR POSTILS) IN THE FORM OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS REGARDING THE PROPER OF MASS.  PUBLISHED BY FREIBURG IM BREISGAU, THERE IS NO PUBLISHING DATE BUT APPEARS TO BE BETWEEN 1880 AND 1906.  THE BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH A LOVELY ORNATE COVER AND GOLD EMBOSSED TITLE ON SPINE. SLIGHT WEAR ON TOP END OF SPINE.  THERE IS AN INSCRIPTION ON ONE PAGE - IN GERMAN SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT SAYS AND ON THE TITLE PAGE SOMEONE HAS WRITTEN "FOUND IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA BY.....(ILLEGIBLE)" HAS A STUNNING COLOURED ILLUSTRATION IN FRONT OF BOOK AND BEAUTIFUL ORNATE TITLE PAGE AS WELL AS NUMEROUS BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT BOOK, MARBLED EDGE TO PAGES.  A VERY ATTRACTIVE AND VALUABLE BOOK.    REFER IMAGES    SHIPPING R50