Ader Tajan (Paris)

(26 cm), [36] pp., 44 plates, colour illustrations. 45 lots. Loosely inserted: “Important ensemble de Calligraphies françaises XVIIe, XVIIIe et XIXe siècles” ([4] pp., lots 46-69). Publisher’s printed wrappers. – The sheets were offered individually, then sold again as a single lot. Catalogue preface in French and English. The “Rothschild Alunno” is now Princeton University, Cotsen Children’s Library, Ms 58441 (cf. Nicolas Barker, The Glory of the Art of Writing: The Calligraphic Work of Francesco Alunno of Ferrara, Los Angeles 2009). ¶ Unmarked copy.