Title: Large leather-cased horn book, perhaps Elizabethan Author: Place: Publisher: Date: [late 16th century?] Description: A large handled leather case, the printed text now lacking, the horn covering largely complete but cracked and broken into several pieces. Overall approximately 12x6", housed in a custom felt-lined, book-shaped cloth case. A rare survivor, likely from the Elizabethan period, gilt stamping on the rear and the faint traces of numbers written along the edges by an early owner. Lot Amendments Condition: Leather dry and a bit brittle, horn covering cracked and lacking a few small pieces; very good. Item number: 258856
Title: Large leather-cased horn book, perhaps Elizabethan Author: Place: Publisher: Date: [late 16th century?] Description: A large handled leather case, the printed text now lacking, the horn covering largely complete but cracked and broken into several pieces. Overall approximately 12x6", housed in a custom felt-lined, book-shaped cloth case. A rare survivor, likely from the Elizabethan period, gilt stamping on the rear and the faint traces of numbers written along the edges by an early owner. Lot Amendments Condition: Leather dry and a bit brittle, horn covering cracked and lacking a few small pieces; very good. Item number: 258856
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