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[TORTOISE-SHELL BINDING.] Gebete für katholische Christen. Augsburg and Munich: Kieger and Leipzig: Costenoble, 1833.
24o (97 x 53 mm). Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary silver-mounted tortoise-shell, covers with hand-colored engraving of flowers mounted at center, wide pierced silver border, the spine en-suite, silver clasps and catches, white silk linings, edges gilt. Provenance: purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 1960.
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