Paper lace and printed silk: collection of fine and charming luxury cards Italy ever since Bridges had published

ever since Bridges had published A Voice from Jamaica

and also bears the woodcut signature of Adjutant General René

Baron de Bonvoust (1691-1785)

Contemporary half calf with marbled sides

hence the number 58 on the front cover

Paper lace and printed silk: collection of fine and charming luxury cards Italy ever since Bridges had publishedSix early wishing and friendship billets. Austria Germany, ca. 18001820. A charming collection of early 19th century Glckwunsch and Freundschaftsbillets, distinguished by the refined techniques that characterised the Viennese and South German luxury card industry: hand coloured printing, blind embossing, pierced paper lace, and printed silk insets. In the Biedermeier period these billets were widely used in domestic exchange, especially by women, who