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[BAROQUE SILVER BINDING.] Binding only. German, late 17th century.
210 x 150 mm. Outer frame of silver gilt surrounding an elaborate enamel panel on a black velvet background, each side with a central oval enamelled scene from the New Testament, the spine with similar enamel ornamentation, old vellum leaves from an antiphonal as pastedowns. Provenance: purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 1953.
210 x 150 mm. Outer frame of silver gilt surrounding an elaborate enamel panel on a black velvet background, each side with a central oval enamelled scene from the New Testament, the spine with similar enamel ornamentation, old vellum leaves from an antiphonal as pastedowns. Provenance: purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 1953.