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Russian Orthodox Church.- Кириллова Поучителныя Слова [Kirillova kniga], first edition, printed in cyrillic lettering, in red and black, woodcut initials and headpieces, scattered ff. with ink library stamps, lacking 5 blanks, damp-stained and soiled, a few small paper repairs to chips or tears (no major loss to text), endpapers renewed, in a contemporary Russian binding of red straight-grain morocco over boards, tooled in blind and gilt to an ornate panel design with centre and corner pieces, lower cover with heart-shaped corner bosses and central boss, repairs to hinges in red morocco, a few small holes to lower cover, rubbing to spine and extremities, brass catches and remnants of leather clasps, edges gauffered and gilt,folio, Moscow, Pechatnyi dvor, 1644.