[SILVER BINDING.] Pierced and openwork embossed silver binding, front cover with Virgin and Child at center reading MARIA amidst an elaborate rococo frame, back with embossed portrait of St. Katharine similarly wrought, spine with rococo shell and floral decoration. South German, ca 1740. 170 x 112 mm. Provenance: purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 5 April 1958.