'A WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS' DATED 1641

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'A WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS' DATED 1641
THE BINDING EARLY 17TH CENTURY, ENGLISH
embroidered in silk and metal threads with an ogival medallion on either cover containing a bird, with stylised flowers down the spine
2 in. x 3.1/8 in. (5 cm. x 8 cm.)
another similar, 'Regla de el Gran Patriarcha S Benito', Madrid 1691, embroidered in coloured silks, metal threads and spangles with stylised flower heads
and a red silk drawsring purse embellished with straw work at the base, probably late 18th/early 19th Century (3)

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