Mar 31, 2016 - Sale 2408

Sale 2408 - Lot 122

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(AFRICA.) ETHIOPIA. A rare collection of Bible Stories in Amharic [Ge'ez] script. Two small watercolor illustration at the beginning; followed by 198 unnumbered vellum pages, written in a tiny, but very clear hand in red and black; a few notes of marginalia; some very old and light staining to the later leaves; remnants of the original leather binding; sewn together. Overall leaf size: 6.5 x 6 cm. Ethiopia, circa 18th to 19th century

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A beautiful book, written in a miniscule hand; a "miniature book," quite possibly meant to be carried on one's person, as by an itinerant preacher.