181. "Proper Order of Singing the Twelve Psalms", during the reign of Alexander Sutu, Bucharest, 1820
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181. "Proper Order of Singing the Twelve Psalms", during the reign of Alexander Sutu, Bucharest, 1820
Starting price:
EUR 150
14 x 10.5 cm
Research information
BRV IV, p. 431
The work was printed during the reign of ruler Alexandru Suțu, in Bucharest. The format is in 8º, with a title page, a sheet representing the index of the book, on one side, and on the other a engraving representing Jesus Christ - The King of glory, signed by monk Gervasi, and 251 pages numbered with Cyrillic characters, representing the contents of the book. It features typographic elements representing ornate initials, frontispieces and final vignettes, with 15 rows in full page, the mirror of the text 9.5 × 7.5 cm. The binding is original, monastic style, made of leather glued on cardboard. Covers 1 and 4 feature geometric decorative elements made by cold printing. The spine of the book is divided into 4 registers. The book has handwritten inscriptions on the forced covers and on the guard leaves.
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