MIDOLLE (Jean) Album du Moÿen-Age. Composé & Erécuté par Midolle, Artiste, Ecrivain, Compositeur. , Strasbourg: Lithographie de E. Simon fils, 1834-36.

Oblong 4to, three parts in one, 121ff. as follows: engraved general title, 40 (plate 29 numbered 30 in error), 40, 40 lithographed plates (including titles), some light foxing, later cloth, slightly faded, spine label lighty chipped. This work was originally issued in three parts, the titles to each are as follows: 1. Ecritures Anciennes d'aprés des manuscrits & les meilleurs ouvrages Executees à la plume par Jean Midolle.... 2. Galerie. Comppositions avec Ecritures Anciennes et Modernes... 3. Specimen des Escritures Modernes comprenant les Romaines Fleuronnees, Gothiques Nouvelles, Fractures, FranÁaises, Anglaises, Italiennes et Allemandes. This copy does have the extremely rare plate 39 in the Galerie which is often missing. A wide array of lithographed plates depicting calligraphic styles and letterforms. Berlin Katalog, 5164, 5165, 5167; Bonacini, 1181,1182,1186. (Book ref. 28184)  £613.00

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