New Testament in Church Slavonic in a Silver-plated Binding with Miniatures on Porcelain.

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New Testament in Church Slavonic in a Silver-plated Binding with Miniatures on Porcelain. Moscow, late 18th/early 19th century. Folio, Altar Gospel illustrated with engraved portraits of the four evangelists, text printed in red and black; bound in an elaborate high-relief silver-plated binding over boards, the front board fitted with four large oval hand-painted porcelain portraits of the four Evangelists in the four corners with John the Baptist in the center, and six smaller saints surrounding the central panel; the back board designed as a repousse altar piece with four brass feet and an oblong miniature on porcelain of Mary, spine panel also silver-plated repousse, gilt and gauffered edges, 15 x 10 1/2 in. overall.
Estimate $2,000-3,000


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