A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
De Arte Rhetorica Libri Tres. Ex Aristotele, Cicerone, & Quinctiliano praecipuè deprompti
Author:
Soarii, R. P. Cypriani
Imprint Date:
1686
Publishing Colophon:
Coloniae Agrippinae, Ex Officina Birckmannica. Anno M. DC. LXXXVI.
Binding:
Quarter brocade paper with second brocade paper, ultimately a wrapper with textile strip sewing supports trapped between covering papers and pastedowns.
Paper:
Brocade: negative floral design with brass-gold (oxidized) on plain paper; brocade: negative floral design with gold on red surface-colored paper
Collector's Notes:
The red brocade paper is signed near the bottom: [M]UNCK A V (possibly the beginning of AVGSPURG, where the Munck family is known to have operated, or A[UGUSTAE] V[INDELICORUM], the latinization of that city). The green paper on the spine has possible attribution covered by red paper, and is also reproduced in a different colorway in P.J.M. Marks, pp. 112-113, where it is tentatively attributed to both Simon Haichele and, later, Johann Carl Munck.
Collection ID:
25.072