-- Sluzhebnik, ustav Bozhestvenniyia sluzhby [Book of the Liturgy, the Form of the Holy Service]. Venice, Visentii Vukovich, 1554. Small 4to, contemporary calf over wooden boards, worn, lacks clasps; slightly soiled and browned, a few tears. Printed in red and black, woodcut ornaments and initials.

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-- Sluzhebnik, ustav Bozhestvenniyia sluzhby [Book of the Liturgy, the Form of the Holy Service]. Venice, Visentii Vukovich, 1554. Small 4to, contemporary calf over wooden boards, worn, lacks clasps; slightly soiled and browned, a few tears. Printed in red and black, woodcut ornaments and initials.

Lot Essay

A new edition of the Sluzhebnik printed by Bozidar Vukovic in 1519 with the same text and layout. Collation a-gg⁸. On folio 3 recto is found a similar headpiece with the original printers initials. This example has Latin signatures only, and catchwords on the versos. Kirilovich 12; Lukianenko 23; Karataev 42-43; Undol'skii 41-42.

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