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Please see intricate details and condition of this 18th century book in German language. The covers are in red leather embossed covers. The leather is cracked at the front spine and cover connection. Your purchase includes the pictured box which is presumed original. The bottom of the box is very fragile and starting to split. Blind stamped with decorative gilt. The metal clasp is good and works. Information from Google translate: This is the 4th edition of the Allgemeines Gesangbuch, a German hymnal printed in Altona in 1785. It was published by Caspar Christian Eckstorff under royal authority for use in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. The title page features an intricate copperplate engraving of a crowned cipher monogram.