Hardcover
1875 · Paris
by Delaborde, Henri
Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1875. Original. Hardcover. Very clean contents but for severe age toning to free end papers and title page. Very tight binding, but ffep has detached. Covers have rubbing to spine, and the leather is beginning to split, from dryness, at head of spine. Corners of boards have oxidized to green, which makes me think there is copper in the marbling over the boards. Sticker on lower spine.. Half rich, red leather with 5 raised bands and gilt titling on spine. Marbled copper/black boards. Decorative end papers. 442 pp. without illustrations. Text in French. With a historical essay, followed by the catalogue of 268 annotated prints in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale. The workst from the schools of Italy, Germany, Holland, Flanders, Spain, England, and France. With an alphabetical index of artists represented.
(Inventory #: 153745)