There was an Aldine Vergil (1514) on blue paper that was sold at Lionel
Robinson's sale in 1986. According to the catalogue entry, it was the
Pembroke copy and the binding was French seventeenth-century mottled calf.
Best
Sam Gatteño
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gabriel Austin" <gabrielaustin@earthlink.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <exlibris@library.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 10:52 AM
Subject: RE: Blue-Grey Paper Color
> But there are some "fancy" editions printed on blue paper. As a matter
> of fact, I am still trying to verify the existence of an Aldine Virgil
> in a Grolier binding printed on papier bleu sold in a Paris sale in the
> 1930s. [Sorry, my list of G bindings is downstairs & I am too relaxed in
> the garden on a cool sunny morning].
> Gabriel Austin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: exlibris@library.berkeley.edu
> [mailto:exlibris@library.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Lieberman
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:26 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Blue-Grey Paper Color
>
> Though there are some variations in quality and color - similar papers
> were used in the U.S. especially as wrappers or binding material.
>
> > I've catalogued numerous French pamphlets and some English pamphlets
> (and
> > it does always seem to be pamphlets and mostly late 18th century)
> printed
> > on this "cadet blue" paper as I have seen it listed.
> >
> > The quality of the paper is not very good.
>
> Ron
>
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