A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Pieces Officielles Touchant L’invasion de Rome par les Français, en M. DCCC VIII, pour servir de suite a la Correspondance
Author:
Imprint Date:
1809
Publishing Colophon:
A Rome, Chez les Marchands de Nouveautés. Octobre — 1809.
Binding:
Sewn paperback with blockprinted and stencilled paper wrapper, plain paper manuscript title label.
Paper:
Three-color blockprinted and stencilled paper: blue keyblock with checkerboard of negative daisies with red fill, positive abstract ovals with yellow fill. Signature across edge of design reads “[OR]LEANS CHEZ PERDOUX No 452”.
Collector's Notes:
Similar to the many chez Perdoux designs shown in Kopylov’s Dominotés Français, but this particular design is not reproduced there.
Collection ID:
25.092