Pipo / Mme Ferdinand Leroy

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Pipo / Mme Ferdinand Leroy

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.171

Description

204 pages. Ouvrage illustre de 38 vignettes d'apres Mencina Kresz [Work illustrated with 38 vignettes by Mencina Kresz].

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1890s

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Mme. Ferdinand Leroy

Illustrator

Mencina Kresz

Publisher

Librairie Hachette et Cie.

Place Published

City

Paris

Country

France

Date Published

1890

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- European Origin

Binding Notes

Bound in royal blue cloth with elaborate gilt and black stamping to cover and spine. Classical decoration to spine with horn blowing cherub on pedestal flanked by cornucopias.

Notes

Children's drawing in pencil to endpapers