-- Oktoikh [Book of Eight Tones]. Venice: by Ieronim Feodosii and Gennadi [for Bozidar Vukovic], 1537. Folio, contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, worn; lacks 2 leaves, soiled, some leaves torn, a few with slightly loss of text at beginning and end. 160 leaves (of 162), printed in red and black, 2 woodcut illustrations and ornaments, with Slavonic alphabetic and Roman signatures.

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-- Oktoikh [Book of Eight Tones]. Venice: by Ieronim Feodosii and Gennadi [for Bozidar Vukovic], 1537. Folio, contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, worn; lacks 2 leaves, soiled, some leaves torn, a few with slightly loss of text at beginning and end. 160 leaves (of 162), printed in red and black, 2 woodcut illustrations and ornaments, with Slavonic alphabetic and Roman signatures.

Lot Essay

One of the earliest Serbian books in Cyrillic, printed for Orthodox Christians under Turkish rule. This work contains the 5th to 8th tones. Kirilovic 5; Lukianenko 18; Karataev 24; Undol'skii 24.

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