CATALOGUE 97 THE VEATCHS ARTS OF THE BOOK Above: 22. Frasconi Cover: 7. Berté Catalogue 97 New Acquisitions, including Bindings, Color Printing, Paper Specimens, and Typography summer 2021 The Veatchs Arts of the Book · Lynne & Bob Veatch 6145 McKinley Parkway, No. 9, Hamburg, New York 14075
[email protected] · 716–648–0361 · veatchs.com ordering informAtion: Your satisfaction is guaranteed. All books are returnable, with advance notice. Payment is accepted by check, Visa, Mastercard, and wire transfer. Libraries may request deferred billing. New York State residents must add 8¾% sales tax. Shipping charges are additional. NOTE: We will be glad to provide additional photo graphs of any item. 1 Album Amicorum (Stammbuch). A Friendship Album, or Poesiealbum, belonging to Rosa Müller. Fröbershammer, 1768. 7 × 4¼. Approx. 45 leaves of manuscript interspersed with numerous blank leaves + 9 tipped in drawings and paintings, four on vellum. Baroque title printed in red, with microscopic calligraphic text in black. Contemporary leather with gilt fleu- rons bordering a geometric inlay on both covers; marbled end- papers, edges gilt. Binding quite worn. Paper clip mark on title page, one leaf missing a corner, some tanning. A good copy of this charming artifact. $600 The handwritten text on the title page admonishes contributors to honor the beauty of Rosa’s illustration by contributing their own. The tipped- in illustrations here may have been commissioned or purchased ready- made from a stationer. Most entries are dated 1768 or 1769, and are scattered throughout the album. One entry is as late as 1787. The sentiments are written in a wide variety of scripts.