LOUIS XV (1710-1774). Edit du roy pour le règlement des imprimeurs et des libraires de Paris, registré en Parlement le 21. Août 1686. Paris: Imprimerie de Le Mercier père, 1731.
12o (144 x 82 mm). Mid-eighteenth century Parisian red morocco, richly gilt dentelle border around the sides, tool of a bird in the corners, edges gilt; red cloth folding case. Provenance: Imprimerie Durand (bookplate); Claude Guérin.
"This 'à l'oiseau' style was practiced by the two greatest French bookbinders of the period, Derome le jeune and Padeloup. These statutes governing all members of the publishing and bookselling community were codified under Louis XIV and extended under Louis XV" (BBB Harvard 65).
LOUIS XV (1710-1774). Edit du roy pour le règlement des imprimeurs et des libraires de Paris, registré en Parlement le 21. Août 1686. Paris: Imprimerie de Le Mercier père, 1731.
12o (144 x 82 mm). Mid-eighteenth century Parisian red morocco, richly gilt dentelle border around the sides, tool of a bird in the corners, edges gilt; red cloth folding case. Provenance: Imprimerie Durand (bookplate); Claude Guérin.
"This 'à l'oiseau' style was practiced by the two greatest French bookbinders of the period, Derome le jeune and Padeloup. These statutes governing all members of the publishing and bookselling community were codified under Louis XIV and extended under Louis XV" (BBB Harvard 65).
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