A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Vollstandiges Marburger Gesang-Buch
Author:
Imprint Date:
1781
Publishing Colophon:
Marburg und Frankfurt, Bey Heinrich Ludwig Bronner, 1781.
Binding:
Full chagreen-textured leather binding over shaped wooden boards with block printed pastedowns. All gilt and gauffered textblock edges. Pins for previous clasp closures, now lost.
Paper:
Four-color blockprint: purple, red, yellow, and green fruit and floral design (pear, grape, cherry, apple?)
Collector's Notes:
An otherwise identical pattern with a blue key impression is shown in Heijbroek and Greven's "Sierpapier", p. 65.
The book is covered with a tanned leather (probably horse or calf) which has been artificially grained with a pebbly texture to resemble shagreen, a rawhide material historically made from the skin of rayfish and sharks.
Collection ID:
24.031