Live auction - Lot 621
[Devotion]
2 German prayer books.
[Germany], 18th-19th c
Hammer price: €
120
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
Paper. Good condition.
1. "Kurtz und gut dass ist Morgens und Abens [...] Gebetter [...] zusammen getragen von Mir Petrus Faber". 1764. C. 17,5 x 11 cm: 170 [+ 14 bl.] pp., written in black/brown ink within double red ruled border. Contemp. gilt leather, in contemp. box with decorative paper inside (box rubbed). - 2. Small format German prayerbook. (1861). C. 11,5 x 7 cm: 194-[1] pp., written within ruled border. Contemp. gilt sheep (rubbed).
Joined: "Quatrième partie de nos saintes constitutions". [France, 19th c.]. C. 16,5 x 10,5 cm: 329-7 pp. Contemp. half leather. Prov. "Congrégation des D. de l’Abbaye aux Bois", a Bernardine [i.e. Cistercian] female convent in Paris (stamp). (3 vol.)