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Size of the binding: 2 1/4 inches x 3 3/4 in. x 1 in. (thick), engraved frontispiece; engraved title-page; title-page. 392 pp., 56 pp. engraved title-page for Psalms & Hymns. 244 pp. Small engraving at p. 34 of the first part. Full dark brown leather with two, flat bands across the spine, gilt-lettered title, decorations, gilt designs on the covers with early owner's name stamped in gold on the front cover: Rt. Pell; all edges gilt, light yellow, glazed endpapers. The spine ends, cover corners & edges show some wear; age-related tanning to the very thin paper pages, with a few tiny marginal splits to the paper, or turned over corners present. Small, heraldic embossed seal on the front free endpaper, early owner's signature in ink, on the back paste-down endpaper: Robt. Pell NY. From the collection of Cleveland, Ohio based book collector, William G. Mather (1857-1951), with his bookplate inserted in this copy. Seller Inventory # M-214
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