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[DANISH BINDING.] -- Den forodnede Nye Kirke Psalme-Bog. Copenhagen: Sebastian Popp, 1798.
12o (170 x 68 mm). Woodcut frontispiece (some staining). Contemporary vellum, tooled in silver or black, remnants of paint, with a central silver plaque on both covers intials JJLN and dated 1805 on upper cover and initals MJDN on lower cover, sliver clasps, gilt edges (some rubbing). Provenance: Christian Zahl (ownership inscription on front free endpaper); purchased from Harry A. Levinson, 14 December 1953.
A Danish example of a Peasant binding, with silver clasps.
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A Danish example of a Peasant binding, with silver clasps.