Lot n° 392
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[GOSPEL] - Lot 392
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"The Four Gospels and Epistles of the Apostles in Old Russian Slavonic".
Manuscript on title page: "The Holy Gospel of John Christ in the Slavonic and Russian languages. His Excellency. To the reverend and most noble Captain of the French frigate La Vénus. Mr du Petit-Thouars offered with the most perfect sentiments of esteem and respect. proto priest of the... August 26 (1837) (Petrogra)".
2 volumes in-8.
Fawn and ½ fawn basane, smooth spines, worn bindings. Cold stamp on upper cover of one volume.
Provenances: Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars (known as Dupetit-Thouars) (1793-1864), navigator, explorer and naval officer. Circumnavigated from 1836 to 1839 on the frigate La Vénus.
Handwritten bookplate in ink of Édouard Laboulaye (Édouard René Lefebvre de Laboulaye (1811-1883)), French jurist and politician.
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