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Beautiful 1867 First Edition The Treasury of the Sacred Heart-Natural Material Covers - The Treasury of the Sacred Heart: A New Manual of Catholic Devotion, with Epistles and Gospels for All Sundays and Festivals of the Year. This octavo-sized devotional volume was published in Dublin by J. M. O?Toole & Son, Great Brunswick-Street, in 1867. The book is bound in a deluxe binding featuring a brown leather spine with five raised bands, ornate gilt-tooled compartments, and gilt-stamped lettering. The front and back covers are constructed of a cream-colored natural material. The front cover features a prominent high-relief carved profile of Jesus Christ wearing a crown of thorns. The volume retains a metal clasp, though it is currently secured with wire as the catch mechanism is absent. The text block features all edges gilt over a red stain. Internally, the book contains several plates, including a frontispiece titled ”Christus” depicting a young Christ on a cross after ”Fried. Overbeck invt.” and an ornate Victorian lace-bordered devotional insert titled ”L'AMITI? CHR?TIENNE” with the French inscription ”Aimez-vous comme je vous ai aim?s.”