Altar gospel. Moscow, 1753. Purple velvet cover. The first plate is decorated with five icons painted in bronze basma frames with three rows of palmettes (accidents). In the center, the Resurrection and in the corners the four evangelists. Central clasp in worked bronze on velvet ribbon. Printed in Moscow on October 2, 1753. 1 title page, 7 pages, 1 engraving, 63 pages, 1 engraving, 43 pages, 1 engraving, 67 pages, 1 engraving, 47 pages, 20 pages. Complete with its four copper engravings of the evangelists. 45 x 27,5 cm Very tired copy, pages corroded, detached, torn, restored, stitching of the quires loose, wear of the velvet. [Russian art]