MARIUS MICHEL. French bookbinding from the invention of prin - Lot 270

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MARIUS MICHEL. French bookbinding from the invention of prin - Lot 270
MARIUS MICHEL. French bookbinding from the invention of printing to the end of the 18th century. Paris, Damascene Morgand and Charles Fatout, 1880. Large in-8, fir green morocco, triple gilt fillet on the boards, ruby morocco lining framed with a large gilt lace with fleur de lys at the corners, double guard, spine finely decorated with gilt flowers, gilt edges, beige, green and carmine morocco lined cover folder, case (Marius Michel). ORIGINAL EDITION of this important study of bookbinding in France, decorated with a frontispiece drawn and etched by Edmond Hédouin, 22 plates in captioned serpents, some double, and numerous reproductions of ornamental motifs in the text. Case rubbed. A luxurious copy on JAPAN, printed in a small number and bound in morocco lined by the author (1846-1925) (Vicaire V, 529).
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