File:Les Amours de Psiche et de Cupidon - Upper cover (Davis555).jpg
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[edit]Les Amours de Psiche et de Cupidon | ||||
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Mercier, Emile |
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Jean de La Fontaine |
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Les Amours de Psiche et de Cupidon |
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Description |
Style: All over design|Fanfare|Lettered cover, eg intitals, titles; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Citron; Edge: Gilt |
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Date | Binding: 20c | |||
Medium | Decorative Technique: Tooled in gold|Onlaid|Mosaic; Cover Material: Goatskin (includes morocco, turkey etc) | |||
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Shelfmark: Davis555 |
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Place of creation | Binding: France | |||
Object history | Text: 1669; Paris; Walters, Henry | |||
Notes | Signed. Binding c1905. Émile-Philippe Mercier (1855-1910) learned guilding from Francisque Cuzin, whom he eventually succeeded. Doublures of gold tooled turquoise goat and combmarbled free endleaves. | |||
References | M M Foot, The Henry Davis Gift, Vol. III, London, 2010. É. Bosquet, La reliure française, p. 17-18; E. de Crauzat, La reliure française, p. 32-35; Modern Bookbindings, p. 64; N. Henry, La reliure moderne, p. 190, 196; S. T. Prideaux, Modern bindings, p. 62, 72, 80, 82, 84, 89-91; O. Uzanne, L'art dans la décoration extérieure des livres, p. 117, 180-182, 184, 194, 204-206. Au semé à répétition decoration. | |||
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