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New Testamentby BIBLE IN RUSSIAN
Moscow, ca. 1890. Quarto. Each of the four gospels with a full page chromolithograph of the testifier. Contemporary burgundy velvet, front cover entirely covered with a sculpted tin rendering showing Jesus in the center and each of the four at the corners, rear cover showing Mary being blessed by an angle. Upper clasp present and functional but lower clasp is lacking. First signature a bit loose, contemporary presentation on front pastedown (in Cyrillic). A handsome and unusual piece.
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