Printed for the Confraternity at the Chiostro di Montecalvario in Naples.

[Confraternity printing] / [Naples]. Preces ad usum Archiconfraternitatis S. Maria Conceptionis Erectae in Claustro Montis Calvarii. Neapoli: s.n., 1759. 12mo [14.3 x 8.6 cm], 23 ff., with woodcut on title. Bound in contemporary mottled calf, spine and boards gold tooled, marbles endpapers. Some rubbing and edge wear to spine and boards. Minor internal toning.

Unrecorded book of prayers printed expressly for the use of the Archconfraternity of the Immaculate Conception based at the Chiostro di Montecalvario in Naples. The Latin text includes prayers to the “Name of the Virgin Mary Conceived without Original Sin” and the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Italian passages tell confraternity members when to say an ‘Ave’ or ‘Pater.’ Note the title-page woodcut of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception.

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