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J.M. Heberle, Cologne. 1853-65. First Edition, folio, [viii]pp., title with wood-engraved vignette, 65 plates (some of which are folding), with 280 illustrations in copperplate engraving, lithography, chromolithography and wood-engraving with descriptive text on the plates, bound by Gruel in cont. re morocco-backed marbled boards, signed at foot of spine, t.e.g. some scuffing on the spine, but still a very nice copy. Léon Gruel’s copy of this magnificent work which was issued in parts between 1853 and 1865. On completion of this work in 1865 the title and contents leaves were issued. Gruel has interleaved the present copy and mounted the plates on stubs. The section devoted to bookbinding consists of 24 chromolithography plates of bindings, Gruel has translated the accompanying text on the interleaving. Bigmore & Wyman, I. p.432. “A volume of the highest interest and curiosity, containing 65 plates engraved on steel and wood, lithographed and printed in colours, representing 220 subjects connected with bookselling and the arts in connection,—portraits, seals and marks of early printers, facsimiles of early typography and of autograph letters of printers, &c”. Provenance: Léon Gruel (bookplate); Pierre Berès. |
