Papier dominoté [Colour-printed paper]
A large, colour-printed sheet.
Germany or Austria, ca. 1810. Large, folio sheet of laid paper, oblong (36.2 x 45.5 cm). Loose, as issued.
A finely coloured sheet of printed and painted paper, or papier dominoté (French) or Buntpapier (German), probably meant as endpapers for folio-sized books. Wood block printing in dark brown, yellowish-green and red. Reminiscent of the work of Remondini, a firm of print publishers based in Bassano del Grappa and active from the mid-17th century to 1860, but this print is by an Austrian or perhaps German printer. The edges are uncut, as issued. Central, vertical fold. Some marginal fraying or weak creasing, otherwise excellent: the printing strong.
