Lot 88
  • 88

A German silver book binding, Hamburg, 18th/19th century

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on frame with city mark and maker's mark not clear, Hamburg, mid 18th century
  • silver, paper
  • length 7 1/4 in.
  • 17.3 cm
the outer frame with engraved and serrated leaf-tip borders, one clasp engraved PAM, 1755, fitted with later rococo panels and later spine embossed with Moses, fitted with Shulhan Arukh, part I, printed by Emanuel Attias, Amsterdam, 1697, with annotations in ink

Condition

As noted regarding later panels, book with stains and damages to the spine, the book does not fit well
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