163. "Octoih de canoane pentru pavecerniță", printed at Neamț Monastery, 1816

Selling price

EUR 720

Session

Thu, 25 November 2021 19:00

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Format in 4° of 9+327 pages, the latter numbered. Printed in black and red with ornaments and engravings. Overleaf of the title is depicted St. John of Damascus, in the engraving by Mihail Strilbițchi, but scraping off his typographic mark and replacing it in some copies with a Greek inscription. There are copies of which the title is printed in black only. In these copies the sheets from 225 onwards are reprinted. The foreword is signed by "Sylvestru, Abbot of the Holy Monasteries of Neamț and Secu", and discusses the significance of the book.

Dimensions

width 19 cm, height 23 cm, custom 23 × 19 cm

Research information

BRV, III, p. 916

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