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CUIR CISELÉ -- F.A. SCHMIDT-KÜNSEMÜLLER. Corpus der gotischen Lederschnitteinbände aus dem deutschen Sprachgebeit. Stuttgart: 1980. 2o. Illustrations. Original red cloth. This work was published as the fourth volume of Denkmäler der Buchkunst series by the Anton Hiersemann Verlag. The illustrations are particularly useful as they (almost) all include separate views of both the upper and lower covers of the bindings described.
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Leon GRUEL. Exposition Universelle de Chicago, 1893. Catalogue des Reliures de Style et Objets Artistiques en Cuir Ciselé. Exposés par Léon Gruel, Relieur. Paris: [1893]. 8o. 32 full-page illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Provenance: Winifred Smith (inscription dated 1906). This exhibition catalogue, here with prices marked, is from the Chicago World Fair of 1893. The fair offered Gruel an ideal opportunity to show his bindings to a wide audience.
And 2 others (a copy of the Léon Gruel work but without the printed prices; F. GELDNER. Festgabe der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek für Karl Schottenloher. Bamberger und Nürnberger Lederschnittbande. Munich: 1953. 8o). (4)
[With]
Leon GRUEL. Exposition Universelle de Chicago, 1893. Catalogue des Reliures de Style et Objets Artistiques en Cuir Ciselé. Exposés par Léon Gruel, Relieur. Paris: [1893]. 8
And 2 others (a copy of the Léon Gruel work but without the printed prices; F. GELDNER. Festgabe der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek für Karl Schottenloher. Bamberger und Nürnberger Lederschnittbande. Munich: 1953. 8