Manuscript Writing Book with Ornamental Borders

by Onorato Chiassi

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Oblong 4to 30 x 21.5 cm . Some illustrations trimmed at the time of the binding of the album. 56 ff. of which 40 written and signed by Chiassi, including three alphabets, all except one written and ornamented on recto only, 27 pages with finely executed drawings, generally 4 subjects per page surrounding calligraphic sample, 5 blank ff., 10 ff. in a later hand and without ornamentation. Leaves trimmed to the binding with some loss of illustrations. Bound in contemporary flexible vellum,

• Binding: Leather

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