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Silver Binding. Concordia. Pia et Unanimi Consensu Repetita Confessio Fidei et Doctrinae.
Lepizig: Vidua Johannes Grosius typis Christian Scholvinus, 1698.
Thick octavo, title page printed in red and black, with double-page engraved frontispiece; bound in early 18th century silver over wooden boards, elaborate repoussé work, pierced, chased, and in high relief, depicting angels' heads, scrolls and flowers, with the arms of Max Comte de Reyling on front cover, with his name engraved above the crest; sold as a binding, not collated, 6 1/2 x 4 in.
On page 274, volume four of the Hoe catalogue is described a 1739 New Testament in German in a very similar binding, also bearing the arms of the Comte de Reyling. (cf. Catalogue of Books in Foreign Languages Published after the Year 1600 forming a Portion of the Library of Robert Hoe, New York, 1909.)
