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A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Katechismus der Christlischen Lehre
Author:
Snell, Johann Peter Ludwig
Imprint Date:
1816
Publishing Colophon:
Gießen, bey Georg Friedrich Heyer
Binding:
Quarter leather binding with block printed paper sides.
Paper:
Three-color blockprint: red field with large yellow leaves and black keyblock.
Collector's Notes:
This pattern is reproduced in a different colorway (blue field with black keyblock) in Kopylov's 'Papiers Dominotés Italiens' as #108, pp. 202–203, and also as the covering design for that book.
Collection ID:
25.011
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