CANON MISSAE AD USUM EPISCOPORUM AC PRAELATORUM 1934

I was rooting around in one of our libraries and I found a copy of the Canon Missae ad usum Episcoporum ac Praelatorum solemniter vel private celebrantium from 1934. While examining this beautiful book that comes with it's own 'folder' I came across this page which is the beginning of the Canon itself, just after the preface. Why are our modern missals so drab and functional in comparison?