A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Dissertatio Inauguralis Juridica de Fontibus Juris Romani
Author:
Hess, Ignatius Philip
Imprint Date:
1747
Publishing Colophon:
Herbipolensis […] Die 14 Septembris MDCCXLVII. Horis ante & pst meridien consuetis. Typis Joannis Jacobi Christophori Kleyer, Universitatis Typographi.
Binding:
Full paper over cartonnage boards (adhered boards, tightback) with brocade paper covering, all gilt textblock edges.
Paper:
Brocade: negative floral and fountain design with brass-gold (oxidized) on orange surface-colored paper
Collector's Notes:
Multiple copies of this pattern (on distinct white, red, and purple surface-colored papers) are reproduced in Kopylov’s D’allemagne and non-definitively attributed to Georg Christoph Stoy (pp. 108-113). Haemmerle suggests that Stoy's block was inherited and reused by Georg Reimund, though the print signature is hard to make out in his B/W photo (p. 124).
Collection ID:
26.007