[Eastern Orthodox Church]. Probably the Great Horologion, or...

Hammer

£300

[Eastern Orthodox Church]. Probably the Great Horologion, or Book of Hours, printed for the Greek Orthodox Church in Venice, two parts in one, [Venice: Nikolaos Glukus/Nicholas Glykei/Nicolaos Glykes], 1785, printer's device, ornamental woodcut title-page, illustrated with a further 6 woodcuts, black-ruled, pp: 263, [1] (blank); 168, signatures: A¹², B⁶, C¹², D⁶, E¹², F⁶, G¹², H⁶, I¹², K⁶, L¹², M⁶, N¹², O⁶, P⁶; a-b¹², c⁶, d¹², e⁶, f¹², g⁶, h¹², i⁶, contemporary black shagreen gilt over wooden boards, worn with some losses, all edges gilt, lacking clasps and ffep, 12mo.

Provenance: Revd. C. Comberbach, 19th century book label to recto pastedown. Probably the Roman-Catholic convert Charles Comberbach, at one time chaplain to the recusant Thomas Stonor, Stonor Park, Oxfordshire.