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31463
Woodcut illustrations with hand coloring.
BRB1072
Compiled by a French Franciscan friar, this innovative confessional manual encouraged self-reflection on several hundred sins. Categorized according to the Ten Commandments, brief definitions of the sins were printed on pre-cut paper. This allowed…
Sobotova example
Triple boards attached binding, dark green goatskin for covers and doublures, beige goatskin for middle boards. Sculpted relief depicting ocean water movement. Hand-carved, hand-blown glass set within the front and back covers depicting two main…
Lawrence example
Split board binding of black and grey goatskin with silver goatskin onlay over shaped boards & spine; agate slice set into front board; lap-link sewing over tapes; silver & bronze goatskin headbands; and marbled paper by Catherine Levine.
Sobota example
Triple cover board binding structure, gold leather headbands with top edge in gold, brown Harmatan goatskin for the top cover, gold leather middle, and dark blue goatskin for the doublures, flyleaves are blue suede leather. A cut through technique is…
07052
Only recorded copy of this edition of a private devotional by noted preacher, Olivier Maillard.
07052
Only recorded copy of this edition of an early vernacular text for private devotion. This work is a mixture of prose and verse on each of the Ten Commandments.
BRB0806
A prayer book for use of ladies residing in the Maison du Saint Sépulchre de Charleville in Belgium. At the end of the text, the owner transcribed a prayer for a good death but accidentally spilled ink over her hand-written text.
Reid-Cunningham example
Full purple goatskin binding with gold tooling and gold titling on the spine. Edges left untrimmed, goatskin hinges and silk headbands. Thai marbled paper fly leaves and doublures.
Stackpole example
Bound in a full leather closed joint binding with sculpted boards in emerald green, royal blue, and purple Niger goatskin with silver kid. Gold-tooled titling on the spine, blind tooling and multicolored leather onlays on the front board. Top edge…
10708
Intended for private use, this pocket-sized edition of musical settings of the Huguenot Psalter was bound à la fanfare. This tiny calfskin binding exhibits all seven of the essential characteristics that define "fanfare" bindings.
Chevalier, Gabriel. Clochmerle.
Illustrator: Albert Dubout.
Ernest Flammarion, Editor. 1934.
Lallier example
Full leather binding of salmon color goatskin with leather onlays, pewter and blind tooling. The top edge is gilt with white gold.
BRB0162
One of four known copies of the French Calvin Bible, this is the only recorded copy in the United States of either issue of Calvin's 1546 Bible.
BRB0162
First edition of Calvin's first revision of the whole bible. The main revisons for this edition are found in the Old Testament and the Apocrypha.
31464
First edition of the first French Protestant Bible with three prefaces attributed to Calvin.
BRB0162
The 1546 French Bible translated by Pierre Robert Olivétan and revised by Jean Calvin was listed in the Sorbonne's catalogue of censured books in 1551. This copy is a rare variant issued for surreptitious circulation in France. Its title page omits…
BRE0067
The only published work of Jesuit missionary Adrian Parvilliers, this account of the Passion starts with the Last Supper and ends with the Ascension.
Nies example
French style full goat leather, top edge gilt with spiral tooled decoration, double headbands. Upper and lower boards with gold and blind-tooled design, goat leather onlays on top board. Silk front and rear pastedowns, marbled paper by Einen Miura of…
Ingalls example
Full red chagrin leather binding in the French technique. Hand sewn silk endbands, handcolored and "crackled" gold top edge, and gold pastepaper endpapers. Title and tooling in 23 karat gold. The volume housed in a matching chemise, slipcase, and…
10480
Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood in French, with wood-engraved illustrations by Esther and Lucien Pissarro. Printed in sequence, distinct blocks for different colors provided the black outlines, the gray-green shading, and the decorative…
10695
Binding by Georges Cretté who favored geometric Art Deco designs. One of the hallmarks of his style was his faultless use of gold fillets, which earned him the nickname "mare des filets." It is copy 75 from an edition of 110, inscribed to Cretté by…
10695
Copy 75 of 110 and has an original drawing bound into the front. The production of this book took several years to complete due to the detail and complexity of the prints.
BRB0764
This catechism was composed for Louis, 18th Dauphin of France (1601-1643), later King Louis XIII (r. 1610-1643).
10776
Dedicated to Louis XIV, this French edition of 1652 was translated from the Brussels manuscript by Heribert Rosweyde. Frontispiece engraved by Daret after Errard.
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