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Monsieur, madame, & bébé, [Binding components]

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Title

Monsieur, madame, & bébé, [Binding components]

Collection

Books bequeathed by William Augustus Spencer
Monsieur, madame, & bébé, [Binding]

Names

Spencer, William Augustus, 1855-1912 (Donor)
Marius Michel, Henri, 1846-1925 (Binder)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1900

Library Location

Spencer Collection
Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. French 1878

Subjects

Bookbinding

Genres

Bindings (Gathered Matter Components)
Book Covers

Notes

Content: Binding, by Marius Michel, 1900, of greenish-blue crushed levant morocco. Sides inlaid with an oval frame of orchids in lavender and dark blue, the stems in black and intertwined, a single stem at the bottom forming the letter S. Doublé with light brown morocco within a border of small tools. Center panel plain, within a frame inlaid in blue and surrounding a border of delicate conventionalized leaves and buds springing from stems parallel to the frame, tooled in gilt, and inlaid in blue, dark purple, and green. Back inlaid and lettered. With edges gilt over rough, marbled end papers, and lining of light green brocaded silk. Original covers bound in. In loose leather protective cover, lettered, and inserted in slip case.

Abstract

Front cover, front doublure, front endpaper, back endpaper, back doublure, back cover, and spine.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13234664
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4a658390-c5c7-012f-4005-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "Monsieur, madame, & bébé, [Binding components]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1900. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4a658390-c5c7-012f-4005-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. (1900). Monsieur, madame, & bébé, [Binding components] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4a658390-c5c7-012f-4005-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "Monsieur, madame, & bébé, [Binding components]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4a658390-c5c7-012f-4005-58d385a7bc34

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