[Dames almanak 1809]
Almanac women 1809 | Beautiful binding for the Almanach dedié aux Dames pour l’An 1809, Le Fuel / De Launey Paris [1809], (42)+134+(28) pp. From the library of bookbinder biliophile Carlo de Poortere.
Almanach for the year 1809 with calender, engravings of famous paintings with explication: Pastorale by C. Netscher made by Bovinet after Toureati, Le Padre by C. Poelemburg, Suzane et les Vieillards by P. van der Werff, M*** oubcabt dy Cistre by G. Terburg, L’amour se refugie by H. le Sueur and La charite Romaine par P. van der Werff. Thereafter the almanac text and at the end empty pages for notes with for every month an engraving.
Beautiful contemporary gilt calf binding with moroccan letterpiece on spine, guilt decorations on front and back and inside. Remnant of paper label on spine. Spine with elaborate gilt floral ornaments and distinctive onlaid red and black morocco quatrefoils. The boards are framed with elegant gilt roll borders. Board edges and turn-ins are also decorated in gilt. Decorative example of fine early nineteenth-century French binding craftsmanship. Duodecimo format, in -12, 12 x 8 cm.
Provenance: Pasted in exlibris of Carlo De Poortere (Kortrijk, 21 maart 1917 – 24 oktober 2002). He was the son of tapestry maker Louis De Poortere and Gabrielle Buyschaert, co-owner of family business ‘Tapijten Louis De Poortere’, collector and bibliophile with a library with mainly only 17th and 18th century bookbindings.
SKU: 110850
€ 98,10(€ 90,00
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