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Record number
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05/1343
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| Author | Collinot, Eugène-Victor, fl. 1859 - 1883 |
| Title | Ornements De La Perse Recueil De Dessins Pour L'Art Et L'Industrie Gravés Par E. Collinot Et A. De Beaumont |
| Imprint | Paris: Canson Et Cie, Libraires-Éditeurs 6, Rue Des Beaux-Arts, 6, M DCCC LXXX |
| Physical Description | [6] p., 60 [i.e. 58] pl.; 631 mm. |
| Physical Description Note | There are two dble. pl., numbered '52-53' and '59-60'. |
| Content Format Note | [Half-t., t.p.] - Avis Des Éditeurs - Table Des Planches - [Plates]. |
| Summary Note | The plates are captioned and show motifs from faience, glassware, manuscripts, enamels, carpets, silverware, armour, wooden and stone carving. Many would now be identified as Arabic or Turkish rather than Persian. The 'Table Des Planches' recommends the motifs as suitable for use on ceramics, textiles etc.
All plates are printed in colour, apart from pl. 3, 14, 26, 41. |
| Responsibility Note | Eight plates are signed as engraved by E. Collinot (pl. 7, 8, 25, 26, 30, 34, 36, 48); the rest, as by A. De Beaumont. All are signed as printed by Lemercier.
Each carries the publishers' imprint of Canson et Cie.
The text printer is named on the half-title verso: 'Typographie Pillet Et Dumoulin Rue Des Grands-Augustins, 5, A Paris'. |
| Subject | Decoration and ornament, Iranian - Iran - Middle East - History
Pattern books - Designs - Ceramics - France - 19th century
Pictorial works - Lithographs - France - 19th century |
| Binding Note | 19th-century quarter brown morocco, red cloth-covered boards; rebacked in 20th century, spine lettered 'Collinot Et Beaumont - Ornements De La Perse'. |
| Provenance | Purchased for RA Library in 1881 (see RA Annual Report for 1881, p. 46). |
| Contributors | Beaumont, Adalbert de, vicomte, fl. ca. 1880?
Canson et Compagnie. publisher. bookseller
Pillet Et Dumoulin. printer
Imprimerie Lemercier et Compagnie (Paris). lithographic printer |
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