Dictionnaire d’Anecdotes, de Traits Singuliers et Caractéristiques, Historiettes, Bon Mots, Naïvetés, Saillies, Reparties Ingenieuses, &c, &c, 1767

Title:

Dictionnaire d’Anecdotes, de Traits Singuliers et Caractéristiques, Historiettes, Bon Mots, Naïvetés, Saillies, Reparties Ingenieuses, &c, &c

Author:

Imprint Date:

1767

Publishing Colophon:

A Paris, Chez La Combe, Libraire, Quai de Conty. M. DCC. LXVII.

Binding:

Half tanned leather binding with blockprinted paper sides, all red-sponged textblock edges

Paper:

Two-color blockprint: red-brown diaper/grid with blue four-petal daisy fills

Analysis:

Collector's Notes:

See also three other slight variations on this pattern: 25.090 (additional dots around each floret), 26.106 (tiny shapes at vertices oriented as squares rather than diamonds, petal shape and orientation), and #677/#678 in the c. 1924 Rizzi sample book (dots and diamonds).

Collection ID:

26.047