[CARACCIOLI (Louis-Antoine de)]. Le Livre de quatre couleurs, Aux Quatre-Éléments, De l'Imprimerie des Quatre-Saisons, 4444 [Liège, Jean-François Bassompierre, 1759]. In-12, calf, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt edges (period binding) [IV] + [XXIV] + 114 pp. ORIGINAL EDITION of this famous typographical curiosity, with the title vignette in state A. Title printed in four colors, then repeated in the four chapters, each printed in a different color. From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate. Minor restoration to spine. Theux de Montjardin, Bibliographie liégeoise, 585; Brunet, III, 1122.
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€250
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[CARACCIOLI (Louis-Antoine de)]. Le Livre de quatre couleurs, Aux Quatre-Éléments, De l'Imprimerie des Quatre-Saisons, 4444 [Liège, Jean-François Bassompierre, 1759]. In-12, calf, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt edges (period binding) [IV] + [XXIV] + 114 pp. ORIGINAL EDITION of this famous typographical curiosity, with the title vignette in state A.
Title printed in four colors, then repeated in the four chapters, each printed in a different color. From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate. Minor restoration to spine. Theux de Montjardin, Bibliographie liégeoise, 585; Brunet, III, 1122.
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