L'Office de la Quinzaine de Pasques, latin-françois, imprimé par ordre de Monseigneur L'Evesque d'Evreux

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L'Office de la Quinzaine de Pasques, latin-françois, imprimé par ordre de Monseigneur L'Evesque d'Evreux

Publisher Antoine Magner, Evreux, 1779

Binder Derome

Place of OriginEvreux, France

Date1779

DimensionsBook: 6 7/16 × 4 × 1 in. (163 × 101 × 25mm)
Page: 6 1/4 × 3 9/16 in. (158 × 91mm)

Mediumoriginal prints: wood-engraved vignettes text: letterpress paper: white laid paper binding: red morocco

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1920.51

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Label TextThe "Derome style" refers to a style of book decoration printed by the Derome family of France in the eighteenth century. The most famous of the family was Nicolas Denis Derome (active 1761- ca.1789). The Deromes achieved fame for their widespread use of the dentelle border. A dentelle border took its inspiration from embroidery and had a lacy look. When done in gilt, as here, the binding decoration was one of great richness.