Essai sur la médecine du coeur […]

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Title

Essai sur la médecine du coeur […]

Description

This is a tree-calf binding, with the tree-like appearance produced by pouring acid over the leather and the binding moved in a specific way to generate the desired pattern. Using a method that requires a high degree of mastery, the pattern is generated by pouring acid over polished leather. The collection at Archives and Special Collections contains several examples of this technique, one that would have been known to only a privileged few master binders. There are many designs generated onto bindings with the use of acid, the “marbled” effect being the most common. There is also an effect that simulates the mark of a cat’s paw.

Creator

Petit, Marc Antoine (1766-1811)

Source

Archives and Special Collections, University of Ottawa [R 708 .P48 1806]

Date

1806

Rights

Archives and Special Collections, University of Ottawa

Format

Book

Language

French

Type

Text

Identifier

ARSC_RB_R 708 .P48 1806

Files

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Citation

Petit, Marc Antoine (1766-1811), “Essai sur la médecine du coeur […],” Archives and Special Collections, University of Ottawa Library, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/arcs-en/items/show/25.

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