A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Neues Hirschberg’sches Gesangbuch
Author:
Imprint Date:
1832
Publishing Colophon:
Hirschberg, gedruckt und verlegt von C. W. J. Krahn. 1832.
Binding:
Full tooled leather binding with block printed endpapers. All gilt and gauffered textblock edges.
Paper:
Two-color blockprint on a blue surface-colored paper: black fine dot floral design with orange fills
Analysis:
Collector's Notes:
Another example of this pattern is reproduced in Haemmerle, albeit without color, as part of the sample card produced by Alois Dessauer in Aschaffenburg in 1840, p. 167 (see patterns #3, 16, and 20). In the original sample book the pattern appears many times in multiple colorways and styles—f. 32 #11, 19, 24; f. 33 #15, 34, 44, 48; f. 57 #7, 17; f. 58 #32, 52, 59, 69, etc.—and while none are an exact match for this wrapper, the palette is well represented in several other designs.
Collection ID:
25.001