$650.00 USD • Used
12mo. 383, [1] pp. Dutch text. 2 chromo-lithographic plates (frontispiece and half-title), 2 engraved plates (facing pages 23 and 57); an additional chromolithographic plate laid in. With a stunni...
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12mo. 383, [1] pp. Dutch text. 2 chromo-lithographic plates (frontispiece and half-title), 2 engraved plates (facing pages 23 and 57); an additional chromolithographic plate laid in. With a stunning full mother-of-pearl 3-part binding or remarkable design (because mother-of-pearl is not flexible), the upper and lower covers, the separate spine (itself combined of 2 parts), all in beautiful mother-of-pearl with the upper cover stamped in blind with a religious cross and decorative framing also in blind, the spine fluted, the fore-edges elaborately decorated with gauffering and all edges gilt, the free endleaves of period embossed paper - all these design concepts creating a beautiful devotional binding to treasure. Well preserved copy. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND DUTCH PRAYER BOOK. Illustrated with the following chromolithographic plates:
Product Info
Publisher: Brepols en Dierckx zoon, 1863.
Year: 1863
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
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