Latin Prayer Book

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What is a good large book of Latin prayers for a couple of dollars? I could buy a Latin missal, but I don’t want to spend so much money. I just want a book without an English translation and pronunciation that I can find on Amazon for just a few dollars. It does not matter if it is extremely old and outdated.
 
Not sure about books but if you’re willing to memorise your favourite prayers in Latin then the perfect on-line resource for you is:

preces-latinae.org/preces.html

Just pick out the ones that seem interesting to you and begin reciting them daily. You’ll have 'em memorised soon enough.
 
Has anybody used or own the Raccolta. I saw how some people love this book on another site. What about Blessed be God?
 
Was just going to recommend the Raccolta. Some of the prayers are English-only, but the vast majority are bilingual English/Latin.

There are so many good prayers in the Raccolta, one thing I’ve done in the past is to get five or six bookmarks, and incorporate five or six prayers into my routine for a month. Then the next month, I’ll move those bookmarks and incorporate five or six new prayers into the routine. Thanks for reminding me of mine!
 
Was just going to recommend the Raccolta. Some of the prayers are English-only, but the vast majority are bilingual English/Latin.

There are so many good prayers in the Raccolta, one thing I’ve done in the past is to get five or six bookmarks, and incorporate five or six prayers into my routine for a month. Then the next month, I’ll move those bookmarks and incorporate five or six new prayers into the routine. Thanks for reminding me of mine!
What is the best version of the Raccolta? Is it possible to get an older version?
 
Mine’s the 2004 Loreto reprint of the 1957 Benzinger Bros. edition, ISBN 1930278462.

The 1957 edition came out as a reprint/revision of the 1937 edition.

If you’ve got tens or hundreds of thousands of $$ burning a hole in your pocket, you could probably pick up a 1744, 1791, 1814, 1826, 1830 version pretty easily. 😛 Probably not bilingual, though. 😛

Various indulgences, etc, have been redefined/abrogated/whatever multiple times since then, so it’s probably not a good idea to take those at face value if you pay a lot of attention to those sorts of things. That being said, I recommend abebooks as one of my favorite vendors of vintage books.

As far as my edition goes, the cover and binding are excellent; the paper quality is very good; the type is larger and bolder than you’d normally see; the layout/typesetting for the bilingual aspects and citations is quite decent; it’s nicely triple-indexed; and I’d say it’s very well worth the $25-$35 you can expect to pay for a new or used copy. It’s not a cheaply thrown-together book.
 
Mine’s the 2004 Loreto reprint of the 1957 Benzinger Bros. edition, ISBN 1930278462.

The 1957 edition came out as a reprint/revision of the 1937 edition.

If you’ve got tens or hundreds of thousands of $$ burning a hole in your pocket, you could probably pick up a 1744, 1791, 1814, 1826, 1830 version pretty easily. 😛 Probably not bilingual, though. 😛

Various indulgences, etc, have been redefined/abrogated/whatever multiple times since then, so it’s probably not a good idea to take those at face value if you pay a lot of attention to those sorts of things. That being said, I recommend abebooks as one of my favorite vendors of vintage books.

As far as my edition goes, the cover and binding are excellent; the paper quality is very good; the type is larger and bolder than you’d normally see; the layout/typesetting for the bilingual aspects and citations is quite decent; it’s nicely triple-indexed; and I’d say it’s very well worth the $25-$35 you can expect to pay for a new or used copy. It’s not a cheaply thrown-together book.
1957 is early enough for me. xD Thank you so much for the information!
 
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