Die Geschichte von der Susanna und Daniel

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

zz (BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS)

Place

(Germany?)

Publication

1923

Description

Gilt title, ten maunuscript pages, three full-page woodcuts, bold initial letter in gilt. Striking endpapers.

summary

Entirely accomplished in manuscript by an unknown artist-scribe. Susanna and the Elders is an apocryphal book added in ancient versions to the canonical Book of Daniel. It concerns the unjust accusation of adultry by Susanna and her legal vindication as proved by Daniel

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