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A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Compendium Elementorum Matheseos Universae; in usum Studiosae Juventutis Adornatum
Author:
Wolff, Christian
Imprint Date:
1742
Publishing Colophon:
Lausannae & Genevae, Sumptib. Marci-Michaelis Bousquet & Sociorum. MDCCXLII.
Binding:
Half tanned leather binding with blockprinted paper sides, all red sprinkled textblock edges
Paper:
Four-color blockprint: red, yellow, green, and purple fruit and floral spray pattern
Collector's Notes:
Note stylistic similarity to 24.031 and the papers reproduced in Heijbroek and Greven's Sierpapier (p. 69) and in Haemmerle (p. 145).
Collection ID:
26.022
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