M. P. Louisy - L&Apos;Ancienne France: Le Livre Et Les Arts

Paris, Librairie de Firmin-Didot et cie, 1887. Leather. A leather bound copy containing a history of the book within Old France, written in French by Paul Louisy with numerous illustrated plates. Bound in full-crushed morocco. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, as well as two-hundred and twenty-one engravings taken from the works of M. Paul Lacroix, otherwise known as 'Bibliophile Jacob&apos.This French work details the history of the book, with an interest in its practical and aesthetic developments, from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, as well as the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Contents include 'Le Parchemin et le Papier', 'Manuscrits', 'Reliure', and 'L'imprimerie en France&apos. Written by M. P. Louisy, a university professor.Engravings from the works of Paul Lacroix (1806-1884), a French author and journalist.Collated, complete. Bound in full-crushed morocco. Externally, very smart. A few marks to boards, with minimal edge wear to extremities. Light bumping to front band of joint. Prior owner's pencil inscription to verso of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright throughout, with spotting particularly to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .

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