DELAUNAY (Abbé) and DENIS (Ferdinand). Appendix to the Imita - Lot 611

DELAUNAY (Abbé) and DENIS (Ferdinand). Appendix to the Imitation of Jesus Christ. Auteurs présumés de l'Imitation by M. l'Abbé Delaunay [...]. Histoire de l'ornementation des manuscrits by M. Ferdinand Denis [...] Bibliographical catalog listing the manuscripts reproduced in the Imitation and the printed works cited in the Histoire de l'ornementation des manuscrits. Index of manuscripts with names of designers and chromographers. Grande danse Macabre. Paris, L. Curmer, 1858. Large in-8°, fully mounted on tab. Numerous illustrations and 4 hors-texte photographs. Red half-maroquin, spine with 5 faux-nerfs, gilt title, triple cold-stamped filleting on the caissons, double cold-stamped filleting on the boards, gilt edges (period binding). First edition and first printing, without mention of Jules Janin's notice, printed by CLAYE and PERRIN. A fine copy, despite a few brown spots.