[GERMAN MANUSCRIPT.] Christlich Chatholisch Gebett-Büchlein zur grosseren Ehr Gottes zusamen getragen. PAINTED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM.  Germany, 1745.
[GERMAN MANUSCRIPT.] Christlich Chatholisch Gebett-Büchlein zur grosseren Ehr Gottes zusamen getragen. PAINTED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM. Germany, 1745.

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[GERMAN MANUSCRIPT.] Christlich Chatholisch Gebett-Büchlein zur grosseren Ehr Gottes zusamen getragen. PAINTED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM. Germany, 1745.

170 x 107 mm. 46 leaves, manuscript in black and red on vellum, 4 full-page miniatures in color. (f25 torn and repaired on verso, a few ink smudges). Contemporary red morocco gilt, tooled in festoons and garlands, gilt edges; contemporary claf solander case, gilt.

A clearly written prayer book, signed "EW." Illuminations: f2r Et educunt illum ut crucifigerent signed by Joseph Omaus, Kissingen; f10r pro salute proximi Deum; f25r Maria Magdalena; f32r Sei gedulig wie das Lamm...

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