The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
[OLD CHURCH SLAVONIC DEVOTIONAL BOOK]
The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Suprasl, 1826
4to (20.5 x 15.5 cm), 186 numbered pp, printed in red and black, woodcut headpieces and initials. Contemporary elegantly blindtooled polished calf over wooden boards, clasps and enamel studs to lower cover, blindtooled titles above and below central arabesque in cartouche to centre of both covers, raised bands to spine (joints a little cracked, lower clasp rubbed, one v. small lack to lower cover). Thumbstaining to bottom right corner, occasional small inkblots and light dampstains generally not affecting text, light dampstain to outer margin of last few leaves not affecting text, a very good, clean and well-margined copy.
A very good copy in a fine contemporary binding of this rare Old Church Slavonic devotional book printed in the monastic printing house in Suprasl, now Poland.
The Suprasl printing house, one of the biggest in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, was founded in the 1690s at the Suprasl Blagoveshchensky Monastery. Until 1803, it had a monopoly on publishing Uniate liturgical literature in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The books printed at Suprasl are noted for their decoration. Overall, the press published some 500 works in a range of languages: Old Church Slavonic, Old Belarusian, Russian, Polish, Latin and Lithuanian, including Slavic primers and primers, as well as the first printed Slavonic-Polish Lexicon (1722), and the first Cyrillic printed music (1697). In the 18th century, it also published Old Believers’ literature as well.
[OLD CHURCH SLAVONIC DEVOTIONAL BOOK]
The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Suprasl, 1826
4to (20.5 x 15.5 cm), 186 numbered pp, printed in red and black, woodcut headpieces and initials. Contemporary elegantly blindtooled polished calf over wooden boards, clasps and enamel studs to lower cover, blindtooled titles above and below central arabesque in cartouche to centre of both covers, raised bands to spine (joints a little cracked, lower clasp rubbed, one v. small lack to lower cover). Thumbstaining to bottom right corner, occasional small inkblots and light dampstains generally not affecting text, light dampstain to outer margin of last few leaves not affecting text, a very good, clean and well-margined copy.
A very good copy in a fine contemporary binding of this rare Old Church Slavonic devotional book printed in the monastic printing house in Suprasl, now Poland.
The Suprasl printing house, one of the biggest in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, was founded in the 1690s at the Suprasl Blagoveshchensky Monastery. Until 1803, it had a monopoly on publishing Uniate liturgical literature in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The books printed at Suprasl are noted for their decoration. Overall, the press published some 500 works in a range of languages: Old Church Slavonic, Old Belarusian, Russian, Polish, Latin and Lithuanian, including Slavic primers and primers, as well as the first printed Slavonic-Polish Lexicon (1722), and the first Cyrillic printed music (1697). In the 18th century, it also published Old Believers’ literature as well.
[OLD CHURCH SLAVONIC DEVOTIONAL BOOK]
The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Suprasl, 1826
4to (20.5 x 15.5 cm), 186 numbered pp, printed in red and black, woodcut headpieces and initials. Contemporary elegantly blindtooled polished calf over wooden boards, clasps and enamel studs to lower cover, blindtooled titles above and below central arabesque in cartouche to centre of both covers, raised bands to spine (joints a little cracked, lower clasp rubbed, one v. small lack to lower cover). Thumbstaining to bottom right corner, occasional small inkblots and light dampstains generally not affecting text, light dampstain to outer margin of last few leaves not affecting text, a very good, clean and well-margined copy.
A very good copy in a fine contemporary binding of this rare Old Church Slavonic devotional book printed in the monastic printing house in Suprasl, now Poland.
The Suprasl printing house, one of the biggest in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, was founded in the 1690s at the Suprasl Blagoveshchensky Monastery. Until 1803, it had a monopoly on publishing Uniate liturgical literature in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The books printed at Suprasl are noted for their decoration. Overall, the press published some 500 works in a range of languages: Old Church Slavonic, Old Belarusian, Russian, Polish, Latin and Lithuanian, including Slavic primers and primers, as well as the first printed Slavonic-Polish Lexicon (1722), and the first Cyrillic printed music (1697). In the 18th century, it also published Old Believers’ literature as well.