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Post Medieval Stuart Period Horn Book

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Circa 17th century AD A wooden-framed horn book with hand-lined paper insert, copper strip frame, short integral handle and suspension loop; the insert with specimen alphabets in majuscule and miniscule, including long 's', and the Lord's Prayer; offered with a framed page from the Victorian The Strand Magazine explaining the use of horn books. 30 grams,126 mm (5") From an important West Country collection.

Very fine condition. Extremely rare.

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