ETHIOPIAN ILLUMINATED COPTIC BIBLE WITH ORIGINAL LEATHER CARRYING CASE, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER Book: 4 x 5 1/2 in.

ETHIOPIAN ILLUMINATED COPTIC BIBLE WITH ORIGINAL LEATHER CARRYING CASE, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
possibly as early as 15th Century, with red leather embossed wood boards; printed in Addis Ababa, with original leather carrying case for priest; illuminated manuscript on vellum; 4 illuminations protected with tissue with 72 leaves total (2)

Provenance: From the Estate of The Rev. Canon Dr. J. Robert Wright
Purchased from John Bale Book Co., Waterbury, CT Dimensions: Book: 4 x 5 1/2 in.

Condition: Book has been recovered; new tissue guards; a few pages with stitch repairs, a few scattered period markings, one page with circular hole to margin, some pages darkened from use/handling

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