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Jerusalem Olive Wood Covered Hymm Book with Ancient and Modern Hymns.

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Jerusalem Olive Wood Covered Hymm Book with Ancient and Modern Hymns. - click to enlarge.

The book was printed by William Clowes and Sons of Caring Cross Rd. London. The hymnal contains over 47hymns a table of contents and an index. The cover is in very good conditionthe wood cover is blemishless with no chips or cracks. the leather spine has minor cracking and minute splitting. On the front cover is the Hebrew word Yerushalem - Jerusalem. The pages are gilded. William Clowes founded the company on the 21st October 1803 at 2 Villiers Street adjacent to the Strand in London.