DUPANLOUP (Félix). Manuel des catéchismes ou recueil de prières, billets, cantiques, etc. Published with the approval of the Archbishop of Paris. New edition revised and increased with a Retreat for the catechisms of perseverance, and a Conduct for the confession and the communion according to Fénelon. Paris: F. Rocher, [ca. 1894]. - In-18, 145 x 90 : XII, 468 pp. Green morocco, monogram CMP mosaic of red, havana and burgundy morocco in the center of the first plate, spine ribbed, lining of dark brown morocco decorated with gilt roulettes, fillets, fleurons and floral iron, burgundy moiré silk endpapers, gilt edges (Vermorel). Precious copy of this catechism offered to Count Charles Cousin de Montauban de Palikao (1883-....) on the occasion of his confirmation on April 27, 1894. He was the son of Count Charles Cousin de Montauban de Palikao (1830-1889), brigadier general, and Claire Herminie Catherine Théry de Gricourt. Bound with his monogram by Vermorel, it was enriched at the head with four calligraphied parchment leaves with an illuminated frame, recalling the date of birth of the count (November 17, 1883), those of his baptism (November 21, 1883), his first communion (April 26, 1894) and his confirmation (April 27, 1894). The copy was also enriched with 20 superbly illuminated engravings, the reproduction of the birth certificate, and, apart from that, two confession bills and 11 pious pictures, the majority illuminated on parchment, made notably on the occasion of its renewal in 1895, one of them having been made for the first communion of Romain de Montauban on May 12, 1898. Very well preserved copy .