A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Reicht- und Comunion-Buch
Author:
Fresenius, Johann Philip
Imprint Date:
1767
Publishing Colophon:
Franckfurt und Leipzig, ben Heinrich Ludwig Bronner, 1764
Binding:
Full leather binding with brocade endpapers and full paste paper pull-off case. All gilt and gauffered textblock edges, gold-tooled initials and presentation date.
Paper:
Crimson veined paste paper with directly impressed combed wave designs; multi-color floral-patterned brocade paper
Collector's Notes:
Note the difference between the publication date of the text and the tooled date of the binding and/or the wedding during which this book was likely presented to I. I. and E. W. Does the case date from the time of binding or is it an even later addition?
Collection ID:
23.001