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Papyro-Plastics; Papyro-Plastics;

(BLASCHE, Bernhard Heinrich) Papyro-Plastics; or, The art of modelling in paper; being an instructive amusement for young persons of both sexes. From the German by D. Boileau. 2nd edn, greatly enlarged & improved. Small 4to. Boosey & Sons. 1825
Half title, hand-coloured front. & 21 additional uncoloured plates, 7 folding, final ad. leaf ; some plates a trifle spotted. Orig. blue paper boards, circular printed paper title label on front board; neatly rebacked in aged cream paper; boards worn, paper label browned. Inscription on leading f.e.p.: Elizth. M. Blackmore a joint prize with her sister Isabel for drawing, 1st January 1826'.

¶First published in English in 1824; a translation of Blasche's Der Papierformer, 1819.
Stock #84289
£120


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