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Premier Auction - Session I - February 3, 2023

Fri, Feb 3, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 371

Two English Religious Texts with Embroidered Bindings

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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one with The Psalmes of David, wire thread applique binding on both sides with purl work floral central motif, approximately 3 x 4-1/4 x 1 in. at thickest; together with double sided book containing New Testament of our Lord Saviour Jesus Christ, Cambridge University printers, 1628 as well as Veni Creator, dual sided binding, spine with polychrome silk thread and wire, purl work surrounding foliate and floral motifs, on silk ground, aeg, approximately 2 x 4-1/4 x 1-1/2 in. at thickest

Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 2008 "Haute Epoque" sale, Lot 315; Private Collection, Warrenton, Virginia

Condition

general wear throughout commensurate with age and usage, wire thread loose or absent, minor losses mostly at periphery, some gilt loss, occasional stray inscription 

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