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Lot 45
Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$400 -
600
Price Realized
$5,313
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Lot Description
[BIBLE LEAVES - WORLD LANGUAGES]. A group of 5 Bible leaves, comprising:
Bible, in Danish. Copenhagen, 1550. Single leaf, in Danish, from the New Testament, containing a portion of Revelation 22. From the first complete Bible printed in Denmark. -- Bible, in Slavonic. St. Petersburg, 1581. Title-page, in Cyrillic characters, from the first Bible printed in Slavonic. -- Bible, in Icelandic. Copenhagen, 1584. Single leaf, in Icelandic, from the New Testament, containing a portion of Matthew 1. From the first complete printing of the Bible in Iceland. -- Facsimile of a leaf from a 1586 Bible, in Spanish. 20th century. Single leaf, from the Old Testament, containing a portion of Leviticus 6-7. -- Facsimile of a leaf from the 1561 Bible in Polish. 20th century. Single leaf, in Polish, from the Old Testament, containing a portion of Genesis 1-3. -- Together, 5 leaves, 295 x 218 mm or smaller, matted (unexamined out of mattes).
Property from the Collection of LSC Communications, Inc.













