[Rarebooks] FS: c.1880 Parisian Silver Trade Catalog

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

Parisian Goldsmith's Catalogue of Ecclesiastical Silver and Other Work.

Printed in Paris, ca.1870-80.

A beautiful pattern book issued by a Parisian(?) goldsmithing firm, 
illustrating a variety of religious holloware, accessories, jewelry and 
accoutrements, including cruet sets with glass inserts, monstrances, bells, 
crosses, caskets (both in traditional forms and in the forms of cathedrals 
with glass sides), and jewelry, including crowns and flaming hearts. Many 
of the pieces of all types are noted as having enamel decoration, and many 
come with inlaid pearls or gems. All are tinted gold in the plates. Each 
page illustrates the (unidentified) manufacturer's mark, a square with a 
star above the initials ET. The only text given are the dimensions, item 
numbers, and notes about enamel, etc. The pages appear to have been 
assembled from two separate issues- one set of plates is just slightly 
smaller than the other and they have different printer's marks. There is a 
small inked note- "Mainz 1881" on the endpaper. A striking catalog.

Hardcover. 17.5"x12", 29 colored lithographed and 1 colored manuscript 
plate, numbered 1-29 (1 bis plate). Bound in old, evidently original, 
pebbled cloth, covers with light wear; endpapers toned, creased; plates 
with some scattered light soil, but overall very nice. [08354] $1,500.00

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