[COLORED PAPERS.] BIBLE, Latin. Biblia Sacra. Venice, 1608. 4o. Entirely printed on blue paper. Title printed in red and black. Woodcut illustrations in text. Old vellum. -- WINER, Robert. A Sermon Preached, on a very Extraordinary Occasion, at a Noted Chapel in Westminster London, 1732. 4o. Printed in white on black paper. Later quarter cloth. -- DANTE, Alighieri. La Divina Comedia. Roveta, 1820. 8o. Portrait frontispiece, small vignette printed in gold on title, printed in white on purple paper. Contemporary gilt decorated purple cloth (upper cover detached). -- HAMMER-PURGSTALL, Joseph von. Mahmud Schebisteri's Rosenflor des Geheimnisses. Budapest and Leipzig, 1838. 4o. German and Persian. 2 engraved illustrations. Persian text printed on light green, dark green, yellow, blue, orange, bluish, green and pink paper, decorated with a wide border of flowers, birds and animals. Late 19th century quarter cloth, original blue pictorial wrappers bound in. -- Novelle Romantiche. Florence, 1825. Printed in black on paper in 11 different colors. 12o. Later quarter calf, bound by Bauzonnet-Trautz. -- LAIR, Pierre-Aimé. Discours sur la seconde exposition des produits des arts de département du Calvados en 1806. Caen: F. Poisson, 1819. 8o. Printed on brown paper made from straw fabricated by M. Desetabtes of Vaux de Vire. -- Le Livre Jaune contenant quelques conversations dur les Logomachies. Basel, 1748. 8o. Printed on yellow paper; contemporary yellow borads. (7)

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[COLORED PAPERS.] BIBLE, Latin. Biblia Sacra. Venice, 1608. 4o. Entirely printed on blue paper. Title printed in red and black. Woodcut illustrations in text. Old vellum. -- WINER, Robert. A Sermon Preached, on a very Extraordinary Occasion, at a Noted Chapel in Westminster London, 1732. 4o. Printed in white on black paper. Later quarter cloth. -- DANTE, Alighieri. La Divina Comedia. Roveta, 1820. 8o. Portrait frontispiece, small vignette printed in gold on title, printed in white on purple paper. Contemporary gilt decorated purple cloth (upper cover detached). -- HAMMER-PURGSTALL, Joseph von. Mahmud Schebisteri's Rosenflor des Geheimnisses. Budapest and Leipzig, 1838. 4o. German and Persian. 2 engraved illustrations. Persian text printed on light green, dark green, yellow, blue, orange, bluish, green and pink paper, decorated with a wide border of flowers, birds and animals. Late 19th century quarter cloth, original blue pictorial wrappers bound in. -- Novelle Romantiche. Florence, 1825. Printed in black on paper in 11 different colors. 12o. Later quarter calf, bound by Bauzonnet-Trautz. -- LAIR, Pierre-Aimé. Discours sur la seconde exposition des produits des arts de département du Calvados en 1806. Caen: F. Poisson, 1819. 8o. Printed on brown paper made from straw fabricated by M. Desetabtes of Vaux de Vire. -- Le Livre Jaune contenant quelques conversations dur les Logomachies. Basel, 1748. 8o. Printed on yellow paper; contemporary yellow borads. (7)

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