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A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Die Heilige Schrift des neuen Testamentes
Author:
Imprint Date:
1794
Publishing Colophon:
Wien, im Verlage der deutschen Schulanstalt bey St. Anna in der Johannes-Gasse, 1794.
Binding:
Half tanned leather binding over wooden boards with marbled paper sides and blockprinted endpapers.
Paper:
Marbled: three ochre colors in a simple spot pattern; two-color blockprint: tightly packed blue ogee eyeball pattern with shaped negative spaces with red trefoil berry sprigs
Analysis:
Collector's Notes:
Block edges and overlapping seams visible on front and back endpaper folios!
Collection ID:
26.083
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