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A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
L’Esprit Dupe de Coeur ou Histoire Veritable du Philosophe Tovler; Écrite par lui-même
Author:
Imprint Date:
1790
Publishing Colophon:
Binding:
Sewn textblock with a block printed paper wrapper adhered to printed waste hooked endleaves.
Paper:
Three-color blockprint with stencilling: blue keyblock with alternating columns of positive vines, negative trefoil and poppy vignettes; with red and yellow fills.
Collector's Notes:
Two volumes. A complement to the Orléans attribution on these wrappers, another fragment with this pattern, reproduced in Jammes' Papiers dominotés, includes the rest of the signature: "Letourmi No 209" (p. 229).
Collection ID:
22.015
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