172. "Bound 'Teaching about the Holy Sacraments', printed during the time of Constantin Brâncoveanu, Buzău, 1702 and 'Small book of the mystery of confession', Bucharest, 1781, rare, collectible piece"

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Thu, 23 March 2023 19:00

The first piece represents the second edition of the work "Little Shop of Confession's Mystery," printed during the reign of Alexandru Ioan Ipsilanti, with the financial support of the metropolitan Grigorie, published in April 1781 in Bucharest. The printing was taken care of by Stanciu Popovici. The book includes a title page, two unnumbered pages and 47 numbered pages, formatted in quarto. Each page contains 26 lines printed with black and red ink. On the back of the title page there is an engraving representing the saint emperors Constantine and Elena. The text is written in Romanian with Cyrillic characters. The second piece represents the work "Teaching of the Seven Mysteries," printed in Buzău in 1702, during the reign of Constantin Brâncoveanu. The book consists of 32 numbered pages including the title page, formatted in quarto. Each page's print, consisting of 24 lines, is black and red. On the back of the title page there is an engraving signed "Ursul" representing Jesus seated on the throne, flanked by the Virgin Mary and Saint John, with a Slavic inscription and several verses elaborated by Bishop Mitrofan. The text is written in Romanian with Cyrillic characters. On the lower part of pages 12-22, traces of illegible handwritten notes can be observed due to pages being cut at the time of binding and ink fading over time. On the back of page 32 there is a property note reminding someone of a certain priest Andrei Molnar and a date, December 20, 1828. The overall state of preservation of the volume is good, with signs of the passage of time. The binding, made at the end of the 19th century, is made of cardboard, with a spine, divided into four registers, and leather corners.

Dimensions

width 14.5 cm, height 19 cm

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