840 - Wine-red morocco leather binding

Wine-red morocco leather binding "à la fanfare" with lavish gilding on the spine and covers, gilding on the edges and inner edges, and gilt edges. Contents: Office of Holy Week. Latin and French, for use in Rome and Paris; with an explanation of church ceremonies. New edition. Paris, Antoine Dezallier 1701. 8° (20 x 13 cm.). 653, (3) pp. with 4 copperplate plates. See R. Esmerian, Tableaux synoptiques, Appendix A, VII. Hobson, Les Reliures à la Fanfare XXII b. - Magnificent French fan-fold binding (Relieure à la fanfare) featuring curved and straight bands framed by a lace scroll, with enclosed ornamentation. - The binding likely originates from the Parisian bookbinding workshop “L’Atelier des Caumartin”; 15 bindings with identical stamps for Louis XIV can be traced to this workshop. The unidentified workshop, active from 1652 to 1701, was referred to by Raphaël Esmerian as the “Atelier des Caumartin.” The workshop produced several bindings for the family of Louis-Urbain Lefèvre Caumartin from 1653 to 1701. - Head and foot discreetly restored, only slightly rubbed, in very good condition. - Wine-red morocco leather binding “à la fanfare” with rich gilding on the spine and covers, gilding on the edges and inner edges, and gold edging. - The binding likely originates from the Parisian bookbinding workshop “L’Atelier des Caumartin,” which produced 15 bindings with identical stamps for Louis XIV. The unidentified workshop, which was active from 1652 to 1701, was referred to as “Atelier des Caumartin” by Raphaël Esmerian. The workshop produced several bindings for the family of Louis-Urbain Lefèvre Caumartin between 1653 and 1701. - Top and bottom have been discreetly restored; only slightly rubbed; very well preserved.