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A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Petit Carême de Massillon évêque de Clermont
Author:
Massillon, Jean-Baptiste
Imprint Date:
1823
Publishing Colophon:
A Paris, de la Librarie D’Achille Jourdan, Rue Git-le-Coeur, No. 4, Près le Quai des Augustins. M. DCCC. XXIII.
Binding:
Quarter leather binding with diffuse sprinkled paper sides. Directly gold-tooled band lines and titling, marbled textblock edges.
Paper:
Red and blue diffuse sprinkling
Collector's Notes:
Edge marbling only visible on the tail edge, and faintly at that.
Collection ID:
20.154
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