RUSSIAN PRAYER BOOK Sokrashchennyi Molitvoslov Circa 1875

Sale 2075 - Lot 67

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GRAND DUCHESS OLGA NIKOLAEVNA'S COPY (RUSSIAN PRAYER BOOK.) Sokrashchennyi Molitvoslov. Church Slavonic text. 20 plates comprising general title, 7 divisional titles, and 12 depictions of Christ and various saints, and 123 imaginative and opulent decorative borders employing a wide variety of motifs, some incorporating figurative vignettes, all chromolithographed with extensive use of gold and silver. Square 8vo, contemporary burgundy morocco lavishly gilt-tooled to all-over design of intricate double-fillet strapwork by engel of Paris, stamp-signed at bottom of spine, with patterned paper endleaves; scattered marginal foxing; cloth slipcase (worn). [St. Petersburg]: M. O. Vol'f, circa 1875

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superlative example of late-19th-century russian book decoration and color printing