[MAROQUIN AUX ARMES], Office de la Semaine sainte, 1716

First edition.
Morocco with arms of Marie-Louise-Élisabeth d’Orléans, Duchess of Berry and Alençon, daughter of Philippe d'Orléans, future Regent.
She married Charles of France, grandson of Louis XIV, who died in a hunting accident in 1714.
Once the mourning period was over, the Duchess publicly gave herself over to her serious fever of licentious pleasures. Newly installed at the Luxembourg Palace, she led an extravagant lifestyle and put no brakes on her strong voracity for food and sex. Often depicted as an emblematic figure of the Regency due to her debauchery, she was criticized by her contemporaries, such as the Duke of Saint-Simon. She died following a difficult childbirth in 1719 at only 23 years old.