A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Commentarius Literalis in omnes libros veteris testamenti latinis literis traditus a Joanne Dominico Mansi
Author:
Calmet, P. R. D. Augustini
Imprint Date:
1789
Publishing Colophon:
Wirceburgi sumtibus publicis prostat apud Franc. Xaver. Rienner bibliopolam. MDCCLXXXIX.
Binding:
Loose full tanned leather covered boards with blockprinted pastedowns,
Paper:
Four-color blockprint: red, green, black, and copper-blue floral, cartouche, and hatch wallpaper-esque design; five-color blockprint: red, yellow, green, black, and copper-blue floral spray wallpaper-esque design
Collector's Notes:
The boards are apparently from the same binding, using distinct but stylistically similar papers for front and back pastedowns—see 25.034 for another example of this approach. The titlepage is all that remains of the corresponding textblock—this and the pastedowns show evidence of full red textblock edge coloring.
Collection ID:
26.014