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[PAPER]. Three full sheets of eighteenth-century "Dutch-gilt" block-printed paper, comprising:
One sheet of uncolored paper printed in gold (or copper alloy) with overall design of swirling foliage and cornucopiae incorporating various rococco human and animal figures including deer, hawks, cocks, mermaids, unicorns, several putti, and fools' heads, at center a male and female couple. Imprint "C. Ledergerber zu F. in Augsburg" = Augsburg: Johann Christoph Ledergerber, ca. 1700-1718. 311 x 385 mm., sheet size 342 x 421 mm. (2 or 3 tears within printed area, a few small marginal tears, wear at centerfold, fold break repaired at top and bottom, some minor spotting, some oxidation of ink especially at edges, typed label tipped to upper left margin.) Albert Haemmerle & Olga Hirsch, Buntpapier (Munich 1961), no. 102.
One sheet of paper printed in silver ink on rose ground with design of 16 saints in four rows of four framed compartments each, each figure flanked by rococco ornaments. Imprint (partly illegible): "Augsp. bey ... No. 26" = Augsburg: Johann Carl Munck, ca. 1750. 384 x 317 mm., sheet size 435 x 349 mm. (Unevenly printed, obscuring imprint in lower border and section of left border including small portions of image, light crease at center.) Haemmerle 207.
One sheet of paper printed in gold on rose ground with design containing eight rows each with five or six scenes of trades and occupations, including several scenes of the book trades (printers, compositors, bookbinders, etc.). Imprint: "Paul Raymund in Nurnberg No 40" = Nuremberg: Paul Reimund, ca. 1783. 315 x 370 mm., sheet size 346 x 421 mm. (Small rubbed area at foot obscuring about 25 mm. of border and a small portion of image, old center-crease, traces of mounting to upper margins.) Haemmerle 358. All sheets with deckle edges preserved. (3)
One sheet of uncolored paper printed in gold (or copper alloy) with overall design of swirling foliage and cornucopiae incorporating various rococco human and animal figures including deer, hawks, cocks, mermaids, unicorns, several putti, and fools' heads, at center a male and female couple. Imprint "C. Ledergerber zu F. in Augsburg" = Augsburg: Johann Christoph Ledergerber, ca. 1700-1718. 311 x 385 mm., sheet size 342 x 421 mm. (2 or 3 tears within printed area, a few small marginal tears, wear at centerfold, fold break repaired at top and bottom, some minor spotting, some oxidation of ink especially at edges, typed label tipped to upper left margin.) Albert Haemmerle & Olga Hirsch, Buntpapier (Munich 1961), no. 102.
One sheet of paper printed in silver ink on rose ground with design of 16 saints in four rows of four framed compartments each, each figure flanked by rococco ornaments. Imprint (partly illegible): "Augsp. bey ... No. 26" = Augsburg: Johann Carl Munck, ca. 1750. 384 x 317 mm., sheet size 435 x 349 mm. (Unevenly printed, obscuring imprint in lower border and section of left border including small portions of image, light crease at center.) Haemmerle 207.
One sheet of paper printed in gold on rose ground with design containing eight rows each with five or six scenes of trades and occupations, including several scenes of the book trades (printers, compositors, bookbinders, etc.). Imprint: "Paul Raymund in Nurnberg N