-- Posledovanie tserkovnogo penie i vseletnego sobraniia [Ritual of Church Hymns for the whole Year]. Moscow, 14 November 1649. 8vo, contemporary gilt- and blindstamped calf, slightly worn, g.e.; lacks ff.1 and 120, both supplied in manuscript, slightly soiled, a few leaves torn affecting text. 273 leaves only (of 275, printed in red and black, woodcut ornaments.

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-- Posledovanie tserkovnogo penie i vseletnego sobraniia [Ritual of Church Hymns for the whole Year]. Moscow, 14 November 1649. 8vo, contemporary gilt- and blindstamped calf, slightly worn, g.e.; lacks ff.1 and 120, both supplied in manuscript, slightly soiled, a few leaves torn affecting text. 273 leaves only (of 275, printed in red and black, woodcut ornaments.

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APPARENTLY UNRECORDED. Collation 1-34⁸, 35³, foliation 1-275. An extremely interesting example of the flurry of liturgical books printed just before and during the Nikonian reforms, and very useful for the study of Orthodox liturgy, especially the question of how the Russian Church dealt with abuses such as "Mnogoglasie".

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