Dickinson's Embossed Cards. First Specimen Book
by (Trade Catalogue, Embossing)
- Used
- Condition
- Bound in an album of contemporary half calf and marbled paper boards with red leather label on upper cover stamped in gilt "Dick
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Gobrecht designed many notable medals, coins and dies during his career, but he also "invented a speaking doll, and later a camera lucida. He also produced engravings for calico printers, and dies for bookbinders. He engraved the brass dies for embossing the Morocco covers of the Boston Token, from 1831 - 1836, as well as the eagle cover of the Philadelphia Token. Among the medals he engraved were the Charles Willson Peale medal, the Franklin Institute medal, etc ..." - DAB.
A remarkable specimen album in and of itself, all the more so for having belonged to one of America's most important engravers. We cannot say for sure, but it is entirely likely that if Gobrecht himself did not design many of the dies for this embosser, he may have used the album for his own work and possibly removed the cards which are no longer present.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 232013
- Title
- Dickinson's Embossed Cards. First Specimen Book
- Author
- (Trade Catalogue, Embossing)
- Format/Binding
- Printed title in blue and red within an embossed gilt ornamental frame, one printed "Notice" from the publisher dated June, 1842
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound in an album of contemporary half calf and marbled paper boards with red leather label on upper cover stamped in gilt "Dick
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Samuel N. Dickinson
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1842
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- Books about Books
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- Art, Architecture & Design;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...