A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
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:
The pattern is nearly identical to that of 25.090, except for the dots ringing each square… perhaps attributable to a later-copied block or damaged to the original? A design which is exceptionally similar but not quite identical to both of these is reproduced in the c. 1927 Rizzi samplebook (#677, 678), suggesting a possible origin or influence via the Remondini firm.
Collection ID:
26.047