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UNIQUE COLOR PLATE BOOK PRANG, LOUIS. Proof Book. Chromolithographic Process Illustrated [title from paper label on cover]. 24 plates, comprising the proofs of each separate color and proofs of each stage of the 12-color chromolithograph Iris Versicolor, a plate from Meehan's Native Flowers and Ferns. 4to, publisher's cloth-backed boards; dampstaining, red ink stain along fore-edge bleeding into the margins of the plates (should be removable). Boston, circa 1878
The book is one of few examples produced by Prang to show the public and prospective clients how chromolithographs were produced. The plates of each color are bound facing the plates showing the cumulative stages of the chromolithograph.
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