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A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Orationes ex Auctoribus Classicis Selectae
Author:
Imprint Date:
1788
Publishing Colophon:
In usum Studiosae Iuventutis. Wirceburgi. Sumtibus Francisci Xaverii Rienner Bibliopolae specialiter privilegiati. MDCCLXXXVIII.
Binding:
Full straight-grained leather binding with silver tooling and block-printed endpapers. Gilt, gauffered, and paste-decorated textblock edges,.
Paper:
Two-color blockprint: blue and black swirls intended to resemble marbled paper.
Collector's Notes:
Two imprints bound together, 1778 and 1788. These faux-marble patterns are apparently exceedingly rare; a few examples are shown in the Handbuch Buntpapier, p. 200–201.
Collection ID:
23.016
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