[EMBROIDERED BINDINGS.] 18th-century French silk binding, richly embroidered with Masonic emblems, 4o. The front cover is decorated with a graded ladder and numerous half moons within an embroidered border enhanced with metal accents. The back cover shows a sun and scales. Both covers embroidered with several Latin inscriptions. -- Shakespears. Thoughts Selected by Louey Chisholm. London & Edinburgh, n.d. 16o. Silver foil binding with bas-relief central initials "DM" surounded by three cabochon shaped stones and one heart-shaped stone; silk covered folding case with central lace and jewel-accented ornament, surrounded by an embroidered border. -- Missale Romanum. Venice, 1758. 2o. Silk binding over thick paper boards, richly embroidered with silver thread and accented with brass disks, silk doublures. Together 3 bindings, condition varies. (3)

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[EMBROIDERED BINDINGS.] 18th-century French silk binding, richly embroidered with Masonic emblems, 4o. The front cover is decorated with a graded ladder and numerous half moons within an embroidered border enhanced with metal accents. The back cover shows a sun and scales. Both covers embroidered with several Latin inscriptions. -- Shakespears. Thoughts Selected by Louey Chisholm. London & Edinburgh, n.d. 16o. Silver foil binding with bas-relief central initials "DM" surounded by three cabochon shaped stones and one heart-shaped stone; silk covered folding case with central lace and jewel-accented ornament, surrounded by an embroidered border. -- Missale Romanum. Venice, 1758. 2o. Silk binding over thick paper boards, richly embroidered with silver thread and accented with brass disks, silk doublures. Together 3 bindings, condition varies. (3)

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