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A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Le Philosophe Anglois, ou Histoire de Monsieur Cléveland, fils naturel de Cromwel
Author:
Prévost, Antoine Francois
Imprint Date:
1778
Publishing Colophon:
A Amsterdam, chez J. Ryckhoff, Libraire. 1778.
Binding:
Full tanned leather binding with domino-style blockprinted and stenciled endpapers
Paper:
Two-color blockprint with stenciling: blue colander and bullseye keyblock with red stenciled fills
Analysis:
Collector's Notes:
The block border running along the tail edge of both endpaper folios leaves the tantalizing possibility that a maker’s signature might have been present on the now-lost front flyleaf.
Collection ID:
26.099
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