[ARMORIAL BINDING FOR THE D'APCHON FAMILY.] Red morocco 'à décor rocaille' by the Dubuisson workshop.

£750 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

[ARMORIAL BINDING FOR THE D'APCHON FAMILY.] Red morocco 'à décor rocaille' by the Dubuisson workshop. [ contains ]: L'Office de la Semaine-Sainte … En Latin et en François. Paris: Jacques Collombat . 1768. 8vo. Full morocco with raised bands, one compartment directly lettered in gilt, others ornamented, D'Apchon coat-of-arms in the centre of both covers, richly ornamented in gilt all over, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; engraved frontispiece and title-page, 4 plates, woodcut head and tail pieces, pp.1-708; three upper corners bumped and rubbed, hinges with short repaired slits, otherwise well preserved and very decorative. Pierre-Paul Dubuisson is together with his father René (died about 1776) among the most famous of this dynasty of French bookbinders. Piere-Paul had become Binder to the King in 1758. The recipient of this book was the archbishop of Auch, the bibliophile Claude Marc Antoine d'Apchon (1721-1783). His library comprised specimens of all genres and sciences. Beautiful bindings were well represented and appreciated, as well as examples of important specimens of outstanding typography ( see Guigiard, Armorial du bibliophile ). SKU: 2121346

• Binding: Hardcover

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