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A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Der Neue Amadis. Ein comisches Gedichte in Achtzehn Gesangen
Author:
Imprint Date:
1777
Publishing Colophon:
Carlsruhe, bey Christian Gottlieb Schmieder. 1777.
Binding:
Full leather binding with block printed endpapers. All red textblock edges.
Paper:
Two-color blockprint: checkerboard oriented red daisies and strapwork, green scales.
Collector's Notes:
Another example of this pattern in the form of a loose flyleaf (one torn edge and three trimmed edges with red coloring) is described by the Metropolitan Museum of Art as an "Anonymous, 19th century" production (Object Number 40.21.73).
Collection ID:
24.060
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