Tortoise-shell binding, 1700s

Then swenska psalm-boken, med the stycker som ther til höra. […] Uppå kongl. may:tz nådigste befalning, åhr MDCXCV.

Stockholm, J. G. Matthiæ, 1716. 12:o. (15,8 x 7 cms.) [2] + 468 + [2] + 226 + [2] + 130 + 144 + 48 sid. + 4 engraved section titles.

Well-preserved contemporary tortoiseshell binding with silver fittings and clasps, all edges gilt. One rather insignificant crack to uppermost part of spine, later marbled endleaves.

Contains the Swedish hymnal, with Psalms of David, Luther’s Small Cathecism, etc.

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