240 numbered leaves with embossed raised inkless letters on recto only. (Folio) 39.5x29 cm (15½x12"), period half cloth and boards. Book of Common Prayer for the blind, executed under the direction of S.G. Howe at the Institution for the Blind, using the method of raised letters first used by Valentin Hauy in 1786. This line-letter system was superseded by the Braille system at the end of the 19th century. Rare.
240 numbered leaves with embossed raised inkless letters on recto only. (Folio) 39.5x29 cm (15½x12"), period half cloth and boards. Book of Common Prayer for the blind, executed under the direction of S.G. Howe at the Institution for the Blind, using the method of raised letters first used by Valentin Hauy in 1786. This line-letter system was superseded by the Braille system at the end of the 19th century. Rare.
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