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[Book of Devotion] VARIOUS PRAYERS.
See original version (French)
147
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[Book of Devotion] VARIOUS PRAYERS.
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €250
Voluntary lot
Description
[Book of Devotion] VARIOUS PRAYERS. Place and date unknown (c. 1870). An 8vo volume, deeply mottled red with age, ribbed spine decorated with gilt panels, covers framed with gilt fillets and adorned with a rich floral design in gilt and blind-stamped, all edges gilt. Unpaginated (153 folios mounted on tabs). Scattered foxing on the reverse of the folios.
A prayer book with wide margins, entirely chromolithographed in the style of illuminated Renaissance manuscripts. Each page features the text in Gothic type within rich polychrome frames adorned with foliage, flowers, fruit, interlacing patterns and geometric motifs.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Antique and modern books: catalogued sale
Auction location
Auction time
11/14/2026 at 10:30 AM
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