Autograph letters, signed, from Léopold Delisle to Count Ernest Armand and dated between March 26 and April 15, 1879. In the letters, Léopold Delisle observes that the pasteboard of the manuscripts sold from the Anne de Polignac collection consists ...
Description:
Léopold Delisle (1826-1919), French bibliophile and historian, head of the Bibliothèque imperiale (nationale).
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Bookbinding, and Incunabula
Roger Payne, bookbinder, shown whole length leaning over to the left as he puts a book into a book press in his workroom; on the floor at his feet other books. He is a very thin, frail looking man with hollow cheeks. The room is otherwise empty and in...
