Description:
Strasbourg, E. Simon Fils, 1834-1835. 40 lithographed plates (including title). (title & 37 plates numbered 2-38.Our copy does not have a plate 39 or 40. Plate 39 is replaced by the titlepage of Album du Moyen Age.... and plate 40 shows the Cathedral of Strasbourg from the same album, numbered plate 40). Are there two plates lacking and replaced by two others? It seems there never was a plate 39. (see Bonacini 1182 but with date of c. 1840). (plates 22-33 browned).
(Bound with): Spécimen des ecritures modernes comprenenat les romaines fleuronnées, Gothiques nouvelles, Fractures, Françaises, Anglaise, Italienne et Allemande. Executées à la plume par Jean Midolle. Gravées sur pierre et publiées à la lithographie de F. Emile Simon Fils à Strasbourg, 1834-1835. 40 lithographed plates (title & 39 plates numbered 1-40). (plates 14 & 15 inverted, plates 24-31 browned, plate 34 with a small tear in the margin).
(Bound with): Ecritures Anciennes d'après des manuscrits & les meilleurs ouvrages… Read More