Mar 14, 2002 - Sale 1928

Sale 1928 - Lot 274

Price Realized: $ 4,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
FIRST EUROPEAN BOOK PRINTED ON VEGETABLE PAPERVILLETTE, CHARLES-MICHEL, Marquis de. Oeuvres. [8], 156 pages. 20 paper specimens bound at end, with letterpress caption on each. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, flat spine attractively gilt with red morocco lettering piece; small corner chipped off one specimen, discreet repairs on two others. "Londres," 1786

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the first european book printed on paper manufactured from a single vegetable material without the use of rag fiber<