Catholic Magnificat. Publisher 1915.

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Catholic Magnificat. Publisher 1915. Format 140x95 mm. Total 770 pages. Pages are clean, in good condition. The cover seems to be made of leather. Pretty decent condition.

 

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As a (general) rule, old religious texts have very little value. It would be helpful if you posted a photograph of the cover along with photographs of the title and copyright pages.

Debora

 

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Hi Stepan!
Welcome to Antiquers!

 

It's a prayer book & hymnal. There would be so many, whether this particular publication or others with the same content, both older & newer, the value is unlikely to be high. You can do the same thing we do when trying to get an estimate of current value: put in the basic terms to identify it in a search, then look at results for completed sales on eBay, etc., or in other auctions.

 

Looks like the initials pressed into the back of the book are the same as those of the person who wrote the verse (if that is what it is) inside. So, an early owner of the book. The subtitle is "Prayer and hymn book for the Archdiocese of Freiburg," I think. Maybe you can read that already?

Welcome, @Stepan !

 

I am interested in more information about this instance. Maybe someone is interested in this area.

 

Volumes of this nature typically have value only to descendants of the original owner. This German site will give you an idea of how many similar are available and how they are priced.

https://www.booklooker.de/Bücher/An...ches+Gebet-+und+Gesangbuch+für+die+Erzdiözese

Debora

 

Thanks. I saw this site. But there was not found a similar book.

 

You may not have found the same book but they're all similar. There are 49 volumes listed in various editions. The fact that yours has a different cover is not going to make it more/less valuable than those published around the same period.

Debora

 

Stepan, in what market are you located?

Debora

 

He's from Ukrania most probably.
and yes, all are right. no value, millions in stores, millions going to the dump every year when houses are cleared.
catholic, given for the first communion by the godfather.

 

Clear. Thanks. And yet this is a small piece of history. There is also some value for this.

 

Welcome, Stepan.

Yes, they are, and it is a verse. The book was a memento of her first holy communion. I can't find any mention of a godfather, the last sentence mentioning 'my first holy communion' is written in the first person. When I did my first holy communion I was given prayer books and other presents by most visitors to my party.

Monetary value will be very little. It is a sweet memory of a moment in a young girl's life.

 

Once in Estonia, I bought a German prayer book published in 1912 for one krone (there were still krones in 2009-2010), smaller size and more used condition - it seems the bookstore just wanted to get rid of it. But it was lovely and with nice illustrations. Yours is wonderful!

 

More and more Ukrainians in this forum

 

Ukraine is the Europe !!!

 

Ukraine is the world