Accession number
PML 88673
Published
[France?] : [publisher not identified], [18--?]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Caption title from head of plates.
Five engravings depicting the process of paper and bookmaking using handpresses and the process of selling them through a bookseller.
Each engraving has a caption below: No. 1 Brochure des livres -- No. 2 Endossement des livres -- No. 3 Couture et dorure -- No. 4 Presses a rogner et a presser -- No. 5 Magazin du libraire.
"P. 161" at top right corner of print.
Five engravings depicting the process of paper and bookmaking using handpresses and the process of selling them through a bookseller.
Each engraving has a caption below: No. 1 Brochure des livres -- No. 2 Endossement des livres -- No. 3 Couture et dorure -- No. 4 Presses a rogner et a presser -- No. 5 Magazin du libraire.
"P. 161" at top right corner of print.
Description
1 print
Provenance
Far Gallery (New York); from the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Matted.
Classification
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Department