A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Lettres Originales de Mirabeau, écrites du Donjon de Vincennes, pendant les années 1777, 78, 79, et 80
Author:
Manuel, P.
Imprint Date:
1792
Publishing Colophon:
A Paris, Chez J. B. Garnery, Libraire, rue Serpente, no. 17. A Strasbourg, chez Treuttel, Libraire. A Londres, chez de Boffe, Gerard-Street, no. 7 Soho. 1792, An 3e. de la liberté.
Binding:
Sewn textblock with a paste paper wrapper. Single hooked printed waste leaf stiffeners.
Paper:
Orange fine-veined paste paper
Collector's Notes:
The brown paper spine reinforcement also appears to be printed waste, and the hooked leaf at the end of the text advertises “other works published in 1818”, suggesting the textblock may have sat in storage for several decades before stitching.
Collection ID:
25.029