embroidered binding (5 Ergebnisse)

24mo, pp.[96]; woodcut illustrations of coins to 12pp.; a few leaves closely cut at outer margin, occasionally affecting a few characters, quire B loose; in a contemporary embroidered binding of raised work in silver thread on a silk background over canvas, each board with a central floral vignette in coloured threads; rather worn at extremities, embroidery to spine perished, silver thread largely tarnished, upper board a little darkened, but a charming piece; nineteenth-century ink stamp of D. Cloz to front free endpaper.A charming almanack for 1753 printed in Liège by Everard Kints bookseller, printer, and wine merchant here in a delightful embroidered binding with raised work in silver thread surrounding a skilfully executed floral arrangement. The printer advertises as well as Missals, breviaries, history books, English wax, and Holland paper champagne and 'excellent' Languedoc and Burgundy wines, with a refund of 3 sous to anyone who returns the bottle afterwards. OCLC and CCFr find no copies of this edition, and only scattered holdings for other years. Language: French.

Zustand: Fair. 32mo. [1], 173, [18] leaves. Signatures: A-2A8. Wood engraving to the title page, 10 commandments, Lords Prayer, The Creed, Te Denm Benedictus, Magnificat, collated and complete. [S124397: A variant of STC 2653, with title page date altered]. Fine embroidered binding with central floral panel with a chain stitched and geometric border, rubbed and worn, but still very attractive.

A charming mid-19th-century French embroidered binding. The geometric pattern of the design, executed in interlaced gilt, green, pink, and purple threads, is rather unusual for this period, when figurative motifs were the most popular. The contents of the notebook span several years, approximately from 1844 to 1856. Included are accounts of money paid, spent, and gifted, contacts and addresses of people in Paris and Lille (one recurring multiple times), and personal notes. The interests and concerns, the frequent appearance of female names as acquaintances (such as Pauline, Amelie, and Marie), and the style of the binding, strongly suggest that the owner was a Parisian gentlewoman. The accounts suggest that her job involved buying and supplying furniture to customers. For example, she records advancing money to Pauline "for her pendulum" and paying her for a "mobilier de dames" (a lady's dressing table). The owner appears to have been fascinated by clocks; on another page, she copied a quote from Voltaire: "L'univers m'embarrasse et je ne puis songer que cette horloge existe et n'ait pas d'horloger" ("The universe troubles me, and I cannot imagine that this clock exists without a clockmaker"). Science also features among her interests. A curious note concerns the analysis of the contents of the "eau de puits foré" (water from drilled wells) carried out by "Deville", likely the chemist Henry Deville; it includes a breakdown of chemical components (i.e. sulfates, sodium chloride) and their weight. This was copied from a contemporary published report. Another page contains a reference to the contents of a botanical publication, Histoire des plantes de Dauphiné by Dominique Villard (1786-1789). Most of the other notes relate to everyday life. The address of Monsieur Paterson, a dentist with offices at 396 rue St Honore, is followed by a positive review of his services: "sans douleur a un prix modere" (painless at a moderate price). On another page is the account of a journey by omnibus from Paris to Dole, passing through Dijon, with times. Right below is a note copied from a contemporary almanac concerning an English company called "Defender", based at Boulevard des Italiens 4, offering advantageous rates for life annuities. Duodecimo (135 x 90 mm). Three paper bifolia and one cardboard bifolium held in place by a green silk tie, seven (of eight) unnumbered leaves, one paper leaf removed or absent. Contemporary green roan, smooth spine, covers bordered with a gilt floral roll enclosing embroidered panel decorated with a geometric design of variously coloured interlaced bands, cream silk moirè endpapers, the pastedowns with pockets, leather loops at fore-edge holding a wooden pencil with metal finial, which keeps the binding closed. Housed in a green cloth flat-back box with black leather label. Gilt slightly darkened, couple of loose threads, the embroidered panels otherwise beautifully preserved and bright, short superficial split at head of front joint, occasional spot of foxing. A very good example.

Engraved frontispiece portrait. lx, 279 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This edition of the Lamento de Cecco da Varlungo, an idyll written in Florentine dialect, is known for its critical apparatus and typography. In this edition of 1762, reprinted from the Florentine edition of 1755, twenty-five stanzas appear for the first time. In contemporary binding of Italian white silk, the sides embroidered with gold thread in an ornamental pattern framing on the upper cover the arms of a member of the Royal House of Austria in gold, blue, and black threads; and, on the rear, a floral design of gilt thread; with stunning endpapers of gold foil printed with a design of hounds and stags in a forest; all edges gilt. Albeit worn and somewhat faded, a very interesting example of an Italian embroidered binding of the mid-18th century. Binding somewhat soiled, spine rubbed, colors faded Engraved frontispiece portrait. lx, 279 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

Zustand: VG. Hardcover with unusual fully embroidered cover using metallic thread. Book measures 11-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches; 29.5 x 21 cm. no date c. 1650. In Latin 54 pages, (two leaves are blank), fully manuscript with rouged fore-edges. Full page original drawing of radiant chalice done in yellow, tan end gray inks. Very high quality drawing. Text is in black and grey ink with red capitals and some lines of writing in red ink also. Internally book is VG with light wear. Cover is only Fairly Good with embroidery faded to various shades of faintly purple grey on front panel. Rear panel has much gilt tone remaining in the embroidery thread with an area of pale blue surround with the word PAX in gilt. A few tiny gilt sequins are sewn in the decoration also. The embrodery is worn but still mostly intact. Cloth is tearing along spine. RARE. Pictures supplied on request.