A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Almanach Historique de la Province de Guienne, pour l’Année Bissextile 1768.
Author:
Imprint Date:
1768
Publishing Colophon:
A Bordeaux, Chez les Freres Labottiere, Imprim. Lib. Place du Palais.
Binding:
Full brown goatskin binding with gold-tooled spine and board frames, gilt textblock edges, and blockprinted endpapers
Paper:
Single-color blockprint: blue keyblock with negative floral and sweeping ribbon design
Analysis:
Collector's Notes:
A line on the title page states the price of this book: Prix, Dix sols, broché—in this case, broché should be read to mean "bound as a sewn textblock with a paper wrapper" or simply "stitched". This binding—full leather over boards with gold tooling, gilt textblock edges, and decorated endpapers—would’ve cost significantly more.
Collection ID:
26.072