113. "Gospel", printed during the reign of ruler Ioan Sandu Sturdza, Iasi, 1826

Large format in-folio with 1 sheet (title) and another 20 sheets. The title sheet and the last, blank on the verso. Black and red print. The title, framed in 4 lines of outline, has above a signed engraving: Ierei Simeon, depicting the Resurrection of the Lord, surrounded by the figures of the 4 evangelists. Without preface. The work represents one of the first publications in the Romanian language printed after the abolition of the Phanariot regime in the Principalities and the appointment of the first earthly ruler of Moldova, Ioniță Sandu Sturdza.

Dimensions

width 28 cm, height 35 cm

Research information

BRV III, p. 1273

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