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an old red book with gold trim and a gold border
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113 - Devotional Christian Exercises.
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Estimate €400 - €600
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Description
Devotional Christian Exercises. With a hand-drawn title page. Each page set within a drawn decorative frame. Magnificent Rococo morocco binding with rich gold decoration in the ‘à la dentelle’ style. With floral gilding on the raised edges. Probably Paris, c. 1750–1775. 256 pp., 8 leaves, 3 leaves (index), 2 manuscript leaves on paper. Written throughout in cursive script. 19 lines per page. Magnificent Rococo morocco leather binding with asymmetrical rocaille, naturalistic bouquets and scattered stars. The ‘à la Dentelle’ style is associated with Antoine Michel Padeloup (1685–1758). The Derome and Dubuisson families continued the tradition, and many other bookbinders copied it. The rocaille forms are already dynamic, but not yet classical in style, as the Bozerian bindings from around 1800 are. – Well preserved. With a hand-drawn title page. Each page is enclosed in a drawn decorative frame. Magnificent Rococo morocco binding with rich gilt decoration in the à la dentelle style. With floral gilt turn-ins (inner edge gilding). Probably Paris, c. 1750–1775. 256 pp., 8 leaves, 3 leaves (index), 2 leaves. Magnificent Rococo morocco binding featuring asymmetrical rocaille ornamentation, naturalistic bouquets of flowers and scattered stars. Throughout in italic Kurrent script. 19 lines. – The ‘à la dentelle’ style is associated with Antoine Michel Padeloup (1685–1758). The Derome and Dubuisson families continued this tradition, and many other bookbinders copied it. The rocaille motifs are already lively but not yet neoclassical, as the Bozerian bindings of around 1800 are. - Well preserved.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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