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Denisov, Andrei Dionisevich] POMORSKIE OTVETY [ANSWERS OF THE SHORE-DWELLERS]. [RUSSIA, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY] 4to (220 x 170mm.), illustrated manuscript on paper, 348 leaves, modern pencil foliation (mistakes in foliation), written in black ink in a semi-uncial hand, 20 lines, capitals, rubrics and headings in red, some initials with leafy extensions, ornamental title-page on f. 46r, title within an elaborate arabesque border coloured in red, blue and yellow, ornamental headpiece on f. 39v infilled in green, 67 marginal illustrations of hands in various positions for blessings, drawn in ink and coloured in red, yellow, blue and green (many within roundelles) between f. 56v and f. 74v, marginal illustration of Christ in Majesty on f. 73v drawn in ink and coloured in red, yellow, blue and green, 5 symbolic illustrations, contemporary leather over wooden boards, clasps and catches, some paper damage from iron gall ink, staining (particularly to later leaves with smudging of text, some marginal worming, many pages becoming loose, binding broken and very worn