This beautiful leather edition of Das Vollständige und Vermehrte Leipziger Gesangbuch is a Lutheran Hymnal compiled by Carl Gottlob Hofmann. It was published in 1779. It features five raised bands and gilt tooling to the spine. There is a gilt armorial device to the upper board and gilt gauffered text block edges. Gauffering describes the act of applying a patterned decoration to the text block edges of a book.
It's in very good condition with light marking and scuffing to the boards, with minor chipping to the front. There are the remains of a paper label to the spine.
Inside, the endpapers are marbled and there is both an ink College stamp and the signature of Ellis Edwards on a blank preliminary page. There is another college stamp opposite the Contents page. The pages show heavy age toning throughout and occasional foxing.
Dimensions approximately 17.5cm x 11cm x 3cm.
The book will arrive hand wrapped in patterned wallpaper and ribbon.
I use a range of eco friendly, 100% recyclable jiffy bags and boxes, and whenever possible I use brown paper tape. The green bubbled wrap is biodegradable and the clear bubble wrap is 100% recyclable. I also reuse boxes when I feel it's appropriate (if the boxes are sturdy enough).