Brokatpapier (2 results)

A striking and beautiful single sheet of brokatpapier, with devotional images printed in gilt in a style usually associated with Augsburg. This uncut sheet may have been destined for endpapers, each image neatly fitting an octavo-sized book. Single sheet (390 × 332 mm), deep blue ground printed in gold with 6 devotional images: Christ (twice) and Saints Joseph, Mary, Peter, Matthew, Simon and Sebastian, each with their customary symbolic attributes within elaborate gothic or romanesque arched compartments. Rough edges. Vertical central crease, torn along fold at foot, no loss, some rubbing to gold along crease.

[Augsburg, probably J. C. Munck, ca. 1780]. A oblong folio sheet of orange/terracotta painted wove paper, printed in gilt. (each 35.1 x 43.1 cm; printed areas 29.7 x 34.8 cm, i.e., with ample margins). Loose, as issued. = A unique, finely printed and exceptionally well-preserved set of embossed brocade paper sheets, known in German as Brokatpapier, or Goldfirnishdruck (after the printing method). It is a special type of Buntpapier (German), or papier dominoté (French). They were probably meant as endpapers for folio-sized books, and show a symmetrical pattern of arabesques filled with stylized flowers, leaves, and seeds. This is almost certainly the work of the Augsburger printer Johann Carl Munck (1750-1794), known for his prints with floral patterns. The name of his firm, however, is not included - they may be proof prints. The edges are uncut, as issued, resulting in very wide margins. A weak, vertical fold, as usual; otherwise, fine, the printing very fresh and strong.