Papers of Giles Barber relating to seventeenth and eighteenth century French bookbindings, 2000-2006 and n.d. [c.1990-2000]
File
MS. 9101/55
Held in our offsite storage facility
Comprises:
- 'Mosaic bindings', copies of images, many apparently from sale catalogues, of mosaic bindings, and related notes, arranged as 'in Michon order by his first, main list' and 'Not in Michon, date order of book', n.d. [c.1990-2000]
- 'Mosaic and Dentelle', images of bindings, many from sale catalogues, 2000-2006 and n.d. [c.2000]
- 'O[livier,] H[ermal et] R[oton] royal plus arms XVII-XVIIIth cent[urie]s', notes on French coats of arms, mainly royal, on 17th and 18th century bookbindings, and photocopies of images of these from Eugène Olivier, Georges Hermal and Robert Roton, Manuel de l’Amateur de Reliures Armoriées Françaises (Paris, 1924-1938), n.d. [c.1995]
Dates
- Creation: 2000-2006 and n.d. [c.1990-2000]
Extent
1 box (3 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. 9101/55
Biographical / Historical
'Michon' refers to Louis-Marie Michon, author of Les Reliures Mosaïquées du XVIIIème Siècle (Paris: Société de la Reliure Originale, 1956).
Repository Details
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk