Beautifully bound manuscript, copied from a popular text by the Austrian Jesuit Franz Peikhart that first appeared in Vienna in 1730. The manuscript contains prayers and psalms for use at home and during Holy Mass. Several "reminders" between the prayers clarify several rituals and events during Mass.
The Jesuit priest Franz Peikhart (1684-1752), "a prince of the Austrian pulpit in a day when the Austro-Hungarian Empire had reached its zenith" (Old) was cathedral preacher in Vienna from 1720 to 1745. In 1736 he presided over the funeral of Prince Eugene of Savoye. Of the sermon delivered on that occasion, 4000 copies were printed and spread all over Europe.
With genealogical notes in different hands relating to a family "Werner" on the 5 last pages. Browned throughout. Some negligible wear to extremities, otherwise in very good condition. For Peikhart: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich XXI, pp. 430-431; Old, The reading and preaching of the scriptures in the worship of the Christian church V, pp. 344-350.