A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Récueil de plusiers prieres
Author:
Imprint Date:
1790
Publishing Colophon:
à Vienne Chez Sebastian Hartl, Libraire, et Relieur des Livres dans la Singerstrasse.
Binding:
Full black tanned leather binding with gold-tooled spine, board frames, and personalization initials on the front cover. All gilt textblock edges with blockprinted endpapers.
Paper:
Two-color blockprint: red and black impressions of a single block, checkerboard-oriented spiky quatrefoil pattern
Analysis:
Collector's Notes:
Dating is approximate based on other imprints associated with Sebastian Hartl (who notably lists himself as both a bookseller and a bookbinder) and stylistic elements such as the grained leather covering, the engraved title page, the general restraint of the tooling, and the fineness of the blockprinted shapes on the endpapers: compare with 24.017 and 24.084.
Collection ID:
26.077