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(AFRICA.) ETHIOPIA.
A rare collection of Bible Stories in Amharic
[Ge’ez] script.
Two small watercolor illustration at the beginning; followed by 198
unnumbered vellum pages, written in a tiny, but very clear hand in red and black; a few
notes of marginalia; some very old and light staining to the later leaves; remnants of the
original leather binding; sewn together. Overall leaf size: 6.5 x 6 cm.
Ethiopia, circa 18th to 19th century
[1,000/1,500]
A beautiful book, written in a miniscule hand; a “miniature book,” quite possibly meant to be carried
on one’s person, as by an itinerant preacher.