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A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Specimen Academicum Inaugurale de Praescriptione Jurium
Author:
Bichon, Abraham Adriaan
Imprint Date:
1776
Publishing Colophon:
Lugduni Batavorum, apud Bartholomeum Pret.
Binding:
Stab-stitched textblock with a block printed paper wrapper.
Paper:
Single-color blockprint: red pinstripes and 90' red pinstripes with a winding path relief “plaid” design
Collector's Notes:
An identical example is shown in The MET Collection (#40.21.74), and a similar pattern with two colors is shown in Kopylov's 'Papiers Dominotés Italiens' (#107, p. 201).
Collection ID:
24.064
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