[Ornament Design Classic- 100 plates, In Original Publishers Decorated Folders] L'Ornament Polychrome Cent Planches en Coulers... etc [Polychrome Ornament , One Hundred Plates in Gold and Silver Colors Containing Approximately 2,000 Motifs of All Styles... etc]

Paris: Firmin-Didiot Freres, ca. 1880.

Deuxieme Edition. Large folio, with the original publisher's (16 x 12 inches) green cloth folders with cover stamped in white, and top sections of each the four flaps with attractive ornamental printed design. Title page in red and black, and ONE HUNDRED exquisite plates in many colors including silver and gold, with superb 60-page prefatory section replete with fine wood engravings, and each plate with explanatory leaf preceding. Complete. Most scarce thus. There is occasional wear, slight foxing, but on the whole very well-preserved in its original state with publisher's folders, which are quite rare to find.

Price: $3,250.00   Item #6224