A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Droll Stories Collected From The Abbeys of Touraine
Author:
de Balzac, Honoré
Imprint Date:
1874
Publishing Colophon:
London: John Camden Hotten, 74 & 75 Piccadilly.
Binding:
Half leather binding with block-printed paper sides and matching block-printed endpapers.
Paper:
Two-color blockprint: slightly offset impressions of a single block, red and gold squares on black surface-colored paper
Analysis:
Collector's Notes:
An identical paper is reproduced in the c. 1927 Rizzi samplebook (#1030), suggesting that the binding dates from around that time. Giuseppe Rizzi and his son Cesare reprinted papers using 18th century woodblocks produced by the Remondini firm from c. 1902 up to Cesare's death in 1939.
Collection ID:
20.043