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Buy this book on-line ANDACHTSÜBUNGEN EINES WAHREN CHRISTEN [German Missal]Johan Bapt. Dettl. bürgerl. Buchbinder nacht St. Peter, Munich, 1783
8vo., black cross-grained calf with a single gilt fillet border surrounding a narrow floral roll border with corner floral ornaments; smooth spine without title, horizontal bands and elaborate mosaic tooling within the compartments; a.e.g. Stamped on the upper cover are the initials R. S. and the date 1824. Slight wear. Pink coated endleaves.The text is set in blackletter. The 25 full-page engravings are of two distinct styles. The first ten are borderless and loosely drawn; they depict the life of Jesus and the saints. The final set of fifteen portray the stations of the cross; they are all set within the same style architectural cartouche and each has a descriptive text beneath. It is interesting to note that THE PUBLISHER OF THIS MISSAL REFERS TO HIMSELF ON THE TITLE-PAGE AND LATER ON AS BOOKBINDER. The style binding is uncommon hereabouts and quite attractive. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of ANDACHTSÜBUNGEN EINES WAHREN CHRISTEN [German Missal]. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, atlases, used books, fine bindings and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |