A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Die Geschichte Unserer Zeit
Author:
Strahlheim, Carl
Imprint Date:
1829
Publishing Colophon:
Stuttgart, gedruckt bei G. Hasselbrink. 1829.
Binding:
Quarter wurzelmarmorpapier with marbled paper sides and a tooled irispapier spine title label. Visible printed blue paper spine hollow.
Paper:
Wurzelmarmorpapier: brown surface coloring with darker vein patterns; marbled paper: blue and black shell pattern; irispapier: orange, blue, and white diffuse stripes
Analysis:
Collector's Notes:
The stripes of the irispapier do not improve legibility of the tooled titling… the Collector is reminded of his own large stash of decorated paper offcuts which are too small to really be useful, but too pretty to recycle. I am vindicated, as the binder of this book must have been, when a little square finds a purpose as this one has.
Collection ID:
26.080