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This beautiful jewel-toned purple and gold design is a shining star of bookbinding history.<#13>Originally crafted from red morocco leather with intricate filigree and golden pointellé, the binding has been in the collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF) since the Second Empire (18651870). It was designed by an unknown Parisian atelier to hold the Pars Hiemalis (or, winter) section of the Parisian Brevarium, a book that dictated the liturgical rites of the Catholic Church throughout the church year. With such brilliant filigree work, it is easy to see why the BnF would so proudly hold it in their collection for the last two centuries.

Bijou Solstice Star Midi Unlined Hardcover

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    Publisher: Paperblanks
    Publication Date: 01/01/2023
    ISBN13: 9781439793763, 978-1439793763
    ISBN10: 143979376X

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This beautiful jewel-toned purple and gold design is a shining star of bookbinding history.<#13>Originally crafted from red morocco leather with intricate filigree and golden pointellé, the binding has been in the collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF) since the Second Empire (18651870). It was designed by an unknown Parisian atelier to hold the Pars Hiemalis (or, winter) section of the Parisian Brevarium, a book that dictated the liturgical rites of the Catholic Church throughout the church year. With such brilliant filigree work, it is easy to see why the BnF would so proudly hold it in their collection for the last two centuries.

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