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A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Denkmal der Freundschaft
Author:
Imprint Date:
1750
Publishing Colophon:
Binding:
Full gold-tooled parchment binding with paste-decorated endpapers. All gilt and gauffered textblock edges
Paper:
Indigo brushed paste paper with directly impressed roller-printed ferns, combed and fingered wavy lines, and finger swirls.
Collector's Notes:
Dating is approximate based on stylistic elements. Pink-dyed parchment wide format friendship album—the title label reads “Denkmal dei Freundschaft” (Monument to Friendship). All of the existing pages are blank, but it’s clear from the manuscript numbering and some torn stubs that several leaves were removed.
Collection ID:
26.009
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