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L'utopie, traduicte par Samuel Sorbière
English This bookplate of Fréderic Lachèvre (1855-1943), French bibliophile, literary critic, editor, and specialist in 17th century literature of the Libertines, is remarkable for the finesse of its engraving. The image of the skull resting on a…
L’intrigue des filous : comédie
EnglishThe paper that makes up the cover for this little French comedy of the 17th century has been created with a technique new for this era: hand blockprinted paper, termed “dominoté” in French. The motif used here has been printed and then the…
La Bulle d'Or, suivie De la Sanction Pragmatique et Loi perpétuelle
EnglishIn the 20th century, in addition to the pasted-in ex-libris bookplate, we find many different styles and formats of ex-libris indications. The stamped ex-libris turns out to be not only a less onerous form but also one that is much more…
La Vie de Mademoiselle Le Gras : fondatrice et première supérieure de la Compagnie des Filles de la Charité, Servantes des pauvres malades
EnglishThis image shows a very fine mottling scheme, where the white/cream colours are omnipresent on a background of red and blue. In this example, the dark colours had been deposited on the surface of the liquid mixture before the white. It is this…
La Vie de Mademoiselle Le Gras : fondatrice et première supérieure de la Compagnie des Filles de la Charité, Servantes des pauvres malades
EnglishThis book offers us an example of a new owner actually wishing to keep the traces of previous ownership. Besides the wish to keep track of the origin and physical journey of the book, it was also a way to assert ownership of the copy to anyone…
Latinitatis Probatae Et Exercitae Liber Memorialis: Naturali Ordine Dispositus; ...In Usum Scholarum Episcopatus Merseburgensis Et Scholae Hannoveranaeoetij
EnglishPrinted in Merseburg (Germany) in 1753 by Christian Ludwig Forberger, this work displays an outstanding and perhaps mindboggling combination of font sizes and styles, as well as a mixture of red and black lettering, on one title page. (With no…
Le festin nuptial dressé dans l'Arabie heureuse au mariage d'Esope, de Phèdre & de Pilpai avec trois fées
EnglishBringing to life the adage of “waste not, want not”, this book’s binding is made of parchment that originally was someone’s correspondence. With paper and leather being expensive commodities due to the ever-increasing amount of titles being…
Le groupe des Red Berets en train de chanter
Cette photographie représente le groupe des « Bérets Rouges » chantant devant une bannière du Comité de la Journée Internationale des Femmes de Toronto, à l’occasion du forum « Rise of Right » qui s’est tenu le 7 mai 1981.