May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279
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Sale 2279 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(BIBLE IN CHURCH SLAVONIC. NEW TESTAMENT. GOSPELS.) Ev[ange]lie. Double-page opening in each Gospel with full-page woodcut Evangelist portrait on left and woodcut historiated headpiece, decorated initial, and marginal ornament on right; divisional head- and tailpieces throughout. [2], 457 leaves. Printed in red and black. Folio, 294x192 mm, 19th-century crimson velvet over wooden boards with embossed metal center- and cornerpieces on covers, metal catches, lacks clasps, front cover and opening leaves loose; occasional minor marginal soiling and spotting, few small wormholes through blank outer margin of opening leaves, repaired marginal tears in several leaves slightly affecting text. (Moscow, 1701)
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The front cover centerpiece shows the Crucifixion; the cornerpieces portray the four Evangelists and their animal symbols. The rear cover centerpiece depicts Instruments of the Passion (cross, spear, and sponge) on Golgotha above the skull and crossbones of Adam, who was buried there according to legend; the cornerpieces are embellished with bosses surrounded by floral decoration.