A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Compendium Elementorum Matheseos Universae; in usum Studiosae Juventutis Adornatum
Author:
Wolff, Christian
Imprint Date:
1742
Publishing Colophon:
Lausannae & Genevae, Sumptib. Marci-Michaelis Bousquet & Sociorum. MDCCXLII.
Binding:
Half tanned leather binding with blockprinted paper sides, all red sprinkled textblock edges
Paper:
Four-color blockprint: red, yellow, green, and purple fruit and floral spray pattern
Analysis:
Collector's Notes:
Note stylistic similarity to 24.031 and the papers reproduced in Heijbroek and Greven's Sierpapier (p. 69) and in Haemmerle (p. 145).
Also note the endpapers on the 1774 Nurnberg text pictured below, which features both a copy of this design (hinge patches) and an extraordinary pear-focused variant, ostensibly by the same artist (pastedowns and made flyleaves). Thanks to C. de O.C. for permission to share photos of their book.
Collection ID:
26.022