Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - IN PUBLISHER'S ATTRACTIVE 'CARTONNAGE ROMANTIQUE' BINDING -NOISY (C.-B.); CARTONNAGE ROMANTIQUE (a style of binding which flourished in France between the 1830s and 1850s, primarily used in books for children, and often given as prizes at the end of the school term).La Flandre au XIV siècle. (Rouen): Mégard et Cie, 1860. Edition unstated. 288pp. With half-title. Ilustrated with engraved frontispiece, and a further three full-page engraved plates. 'Cartonnage romantique' binding, with decorative embossed papered boards, and coloured illustration inlaid to upper cover. Engraved prize bookplate on front pastedown, given by 'Institution de Mlle Laure Curaudau', dated August 1863. Size: 8vo (22cm x 14cm).Good to Very Good condition. Some wear to edges of binding, and chip to foot of spine, as well as abrasions to corners. Some fading to spine. Pages quite clean and bright with only a few small traces of foxing. Blank endpapers rather toned. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.Distinctive decorative bindings like this - known as 'cartonnage romantique' - were produced mainly in the French Second Republic-era, to be given typically as gifts or as school prizes. key words:
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Binding: Fine Binding
Place of Publication: Tours
Non-Fiction Subject: History & Military
Language: French
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: C.-B. Noisy
Original/Reproduction: Original
Publisher: Megard et Cie
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Original/Facsimile: Original
