8vo. [8 including frontis.], 216 pp. Illustrated with five engraved plates including frontispiece, plus an engraved title-page vignette. Bound in white silk over boards, bordered with green and gold thread and sequins, the same materials sewn to frame the initials CJ, in silver thread, on front cover and 1827 on rear cover, pink silk endpapers, in original gilt calf slipcase with interior decorative pastepapers, all edges gilt (white silk very dustsoiled and rubbed, a number of threads and sequins now lacking). With two intricately crafted devotional lace holy cards with hand-painted saints.
A unique copy in a finely hand-sewn binding complete with its original slipcase and two hand-painted devotional cards of delicate lace. Beautifully hand-sewn binding housing the seventh edition of this German prayerbook, with five engraved plates showing oval portraits of religious figures. With an early ownership inscription of Natalie Hoffman dated 1858 crossed out and a later ownership signature of Thekla Cappices(?) 1975 in ink on front endpaper verso. While there were many editions of this prayerbook, and they are widely held, OCLC locates just one copy worldwide of this particular imprint (Bibliotheque Cantonale Jurassienne).
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$675
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