French signed bindings in the Mortimer L. Schiff Collection. Vol. I-III. British and miscellaneous signed bindings in the Mortimer L. Schiff Collection. 4 volumes

Ricci, Seymour de

Published by New York, 1935

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4 volumes. New York, 1935. 4 volumes, 4to (29.5 cm), [10], 207 pp.; [6] pp., pp. 208?398; [6] pp., pp. 399-613; [8], 164 pp. Contemporary half black morocco over blue cloth boards, spines with raised bands, gilt-lettered spines, top edges gilt, fore and bottom-edges untrimmed (bindings lightly rubbed). A complete set of this landmark reference work on the history of bookbinding, documenting signed bindings from the early eighteenth through the mid-nineteenth century, arranged chronologically by binder. The work records the celebrated collection of Mortimer L. Schiff (1877-1931), an American banker and one of the foremost American collectors of rare books, manuscripts, and historic bindings of his generation, and was catalogued by Seymour de Ricci (1881-1942), the distinguished French bibliographer and manuscript scholar whose expertise made him one of the leading authorities in the field. Each volume is illustrated throughout with full-page black-and-white photographic plates of bindings and accompanied by detailed scholarly descriptions. The three French volumes catalogue 334 signed bindings, encompassing the work of such masters as Padeloup, Derome le Jeune, Bradel, Bozérian, and Trautz-Bauzonnet. The fourth volume, devoted to British and miscellaneous signed bindings, opens with a separate numbering sequence and includes 77 bindings by Roger Payne and his contemporaries, together with examples from Italy, Spain, Germany, Russia, and Mexico. Printed in France by Lecram-Servant, Paris. The Schiff collection itself was dispersed at Sotheby's only three years later.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: French signed bindings in the Mortimer L. Schiff Collection. Vol. I-III. British and miscellaneous signed bindings in the Mortimer L. Schiff Collection. 4 volumes
• Publisher: New York
• Publication Date: 1935
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
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