Schleswig, Königlichen Taubstummen-Institut, (n.y) + Serringhausenschen Buckdruckerey, (n. y.). + Ha 8vo. Bound in one magnificent contemporary red full morocco binding with splendidly gilt boards. Both boards with ornamental gilt frames, gilt stars, gilt crown at the top, gilt ship at the bottom and gilt hearts to the centres, with the intials ""E.E."" (front board) and ""M.C.H"") (back board) respectively in the middle and the year ""1835"" underneath. Richly gilt spine with four raised bands. Title-label to spine rwmoved and spine-gilding quite worn. All edges chiseled and gilt. A bit of wear to capitals. A very fine and clean copy. Handwritten ancestral notes (Erichsen family - presumably the ""E.E"" from the front board) in German to back free end-paper, beginning with Johan Christian Friedrich Erichsen, born in 1837 and ending with Anders Bygdall, born in 1897. XX, 675, (1) pp. + 88 pp. + frontispiece + (12), 256 pp.
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