A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Andachtige Buß- Beicht- und Comunion-Ubung
Author:
Ringmachern, M. Daniel
Imprint Date:
1723
Publishing Colophon:
ULM / In Verlegung Johann Gottfried Pfaußens/ 1723.
Binding:
Full leather binding with brocade endpapers. All gilt and gauffered textblock edges, two sets of silver-tooled initials and presentation date, cast silver floral clasp.
Paper:
Brocade: floral brass-gold raised impression on yellow paper (lily, ivy, acanthus leaf, pomegranate)
Collector's Notes:
Delightful endpapers showing the ignobility of their metal through the severe oxidation of the back pastedown. Most amusing, though, is the apparent re-gifting of this binding: the earlier personalization, already 35 years later than the imprint (C.M.T/1758) was simply tooled over when the book changed hands (A.M.D/1784). One wonders about the relationship between those owners (parent to child? Total strangers?) and what their reaction must have been.
Collection ID:
25.053