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A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Octo Orationum Ineditarum Partes Invenit Notisque Declaravit Angelus Maius Bibliothecae Ambrosianae a Lingus Orientalibus Accedunt Additamenta Quaedam
Author:
Symmachus, Quintus Aurelius
Imprint Date:
1816
Publishing Colophon:
Francofurti ad Moenum in Libraria Hermanniana 1816.
Binding:
Sewn textblock with a surface-colored, glazed paper wrapper.
Paper:
Bright green glazed, surface colored paper
Collector's Notes:
The green colorant was determined to contain mostly copper (without arsenic) via x-ray fluorescence in December 2023.
Collection ID:
23.034
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