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Gravure et Fonderie de C. Derriey : spécimen-album

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Description: Specimen book of the Derriey Foundry, produced for the Great London Exhibition of 1862, and described by Bigmore and Wyman in their Bibliography of printing (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1880-1886) as "one of the most beautiful works ever issued." The album is arranged in eight sections: vignettes, decorative type, pen flourishes, cartouches, ornaments, rules, music, and commercial papers; each section has a decorative title page printed in colors and gold. More than 30 leaves are printed in multiple colors.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: MDCCCLXII [1862]
Call number: 657038
Creator: Gravure et fonderie de Charles Derriey(Opens in new tab)

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Freehand Drawing of Ornament. A Collection of Drawing Copies Reproduced from Original Photographs, Selected and Arranged

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One drawing book entitled Freehand Drawing of Ornament. A Collection of Drawing Copies Reproduced from Original Photographs, Selected and Arranged, by Robert Bunting, published by C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London, ca. 1890. Title copy is framed by a decorative border. "Pearson's School Series" is printed above the title, and "Price Half-a-Crown" is printed below the publisher's statement. This book contains 22 numbered, photographed images of floral and decorative ornaments (originals in stone), on perforated paper, so that each leaf may be torn out if desired. The first 2 unnumbered pages are principally textual, giving "Suggestions for freehand drawing from the cast of photographs." Each of the numbered images is protected by a guardsheet (none of the sheets have been removed). The inside of the front cover is blank. Printed on the inside back cover is: "Miller, Son and Compy., Limited, Printers, Finsbury Circus Buildings, London, E.C." The back cover is an advertisement for "Pearson's Attractive Drawing Books, by Robert Bunting." Laid in between ornaments 10 and 11 is a single sheet of "Standard Tracing Cloth", light gray and has the company logo printed in green on it (another is contained in envelope 6).

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[Special prayers for feast days]

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[Emery Record Preserving Company book binding tool sample book]

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Sample book containing examples on leather and paper of: type ornaments, stamps, rolls, fillets, personalized stamps, stamping frames in various sizes, die samples and other binding decorations. Various ink colors and gilt are shown. The final two pages contain samples of the Emery Record Preserving Company book labels and printed advertisements.

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A collection compiled by Charles Knight, with a made up title-page, of portraits and views of booksellers, bookshops, etc. and miscellaneous manuscript and printed material on the same subjects. With original drawings and water colors. Includes Thomas Rodd's A statement of the affair in Picadilly, London, 1832 which has been separately cataloged.

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