Paris: Gruel & Englemann, 418 Rue St. Honoré, ca. 1900. 4 1/2 x 6. 176 pages, each with a different medieval style border, + 4 pages for family records & a leaf with Engelmann's printer's mark in gold. Embossed silk pastedown is stamped in gold "Au Cheval de Bronze/ Lyon-Bellecour."..... More
Paris: Gruel & Engelmann, 1862. 5 x 6. CXCII pages, each richly illuminated by chromolithography in colors and gold + 12 full page illustrations, and terminal pages to record family births, marriages, etc. Each leaf is tipped to a hinge, allowing the book to be opened flat. Bound by Gruel..... More
Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, (1874). 4 1/2 x 6. (xvi), 516, 48 pages. Deep brown morocco, red morocco doublures gilt, all edges gilt. Signed by the binder Auguste Petit; rear doublure signed by the finisher Wampflog. In quarter leather & marbled board chemise and matching repaired slipcase. These have..... More
Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, (1884). 4 1/2 x 6. (xvi), 516 pages, printed in black & red. Bound by Lesort in full polished aubergine morocco, turn-ins gilt, all edges gilt over marble, moire endpapers. Front doublure has owner's gold monogram and the date "7 Juin 1886." Fine copy in..... More
Paris: Buesse-Lebel-et Massin, 1889. 5 1/4 x 7. 72 pages + 4 pages for family memoirs (not used). The prayers are followed by the marriage ceremony of Charles Lattemand and Charlotte Capitain on 19 September 1892. Miniatures & borders on each page are designed by Madame Rousseau. They are handpainted..... More
Paris: Chez l'autheur rue de bussey à la croix blance au Fauxbourg St. Germain, nd (1680s). 4 1/2 x 7. Title, (ii), 260 pages beautifully engraved throughout in imitation of a calligraphic prayer book, with lovely and numerous ornamental initials, vignettes, head- and tail-pieces, and title pages for the various..... More
