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Keywords: Etrennes interessantes des quatre parties du monde, ed des troupes de France. Annee Bissextille 1792 - Upper cover (Davis571).jpg Style Pictorial Mottoes; Caption Upper cover; Colour Red; Edge Gilt exhibition history Decorative Technique Tooled in gold; Cover Material Goatskin includes morocco turkey etc Case binding Embossed paper endleaves No headbands Revolutionary bindings were carried out in France from 1789 till beginning of 19c In 1792 a Convention ordinance prohibited the use of fleur de lis and coat-of-arms and determined the Bibliothèque Nationale bindings should feature the monogram R F and the Revolution's symbols They are generally inexpensive and simply decorated with fillets and republican symbols a Phrygian cap on a lance pikes hatchets medallions and mottoes like Union Force and Liberté or Vive la Liberté La liberté ou la mort object history Text 1791; Paris; Unspecified object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding France place of discovery Decoration reproduced in L Gruel's Manuel historique et bibliographique p 153 and in P Marks's The British Library guide to bookbinding p 18 fig 7 See A Boinet Les reliures révolutionnaires A Brimo Les reliures de la Révolution française; P Gruel Les reliures révolutionnaires M M Foot The Henry Davis Gift vol III London 2010 p238 British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000004270 ImageId ImageId 41740 Copyright BL Etrennes interessantes des quatre parties du monde ed des troupes de France Annee Bissextille 1792 Uploaded with GWToolset Etrennes interessantes des quatre parties du monde ed des troupes de France Annee Bissextille 1792 - Upper cover Davis571 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/6284_4 jpg Bookbinding 18th-century bookbinding British Library Bookbindings
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