{"product_id":"1856-manuel-de-piete-red-and-gold-gauffered-edges","title":"1856 Manuel de Piété | Red and Gold Gauffered Edges","description":"\u003cmain id=\"MainContent\" class=\"content-for-layout focus-none\" role=\"main\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"shopify-section-template--28216932467075__main\" class=\"shopify-section section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-width\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product product--small product--left product--thumbnail product--mobile-show grid grid--1-col grid--2-col-tablet\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__info-wrapper grid__item\"\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"ProductInfo-template--28216932467075__main\" class=\"product__info-container product__column-sticky\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"eujQNb\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eManuel de Piété (Manual of Piety), printed by Jacques Lecoffre, Paris, France. Published 1856. French Language. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA black leather binding with gold-gilt dentelle work along the board edges, four raised bands on the spine, all page edges are painted red and feature a gold-gilt modified ermine motif, secured endpapers are marbled. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter the book block was tightly clamped and the page edges were gilded, a master bookbinder used heated brass finishing tools to hand-stamp the delicate flourishes and linework into the gold in a bookbinding process called gauffering. It was a premium feature reserved for luxury devotional or presentation books in the mid-19th century. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100 mm W x 148 mm H. 828 pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Marks across the cover and spine; some light wear to spine hinge corners; corners and top of spine are rubbed; paint on page edges is faded in spots; endpapers are partially missing, but the book block is still attached to boards; frontispiece is missing; some other pages are loose but still attached; foxing throughout. Fair condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/main\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"shopify-block-Aa0tHZnduNlRNNjcxU__14684659138027382045\" class=\"shopify-block shopify-app-block\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"shopify-block-AWHE2T09FSUhEck9pT__1744161739547163668\" class=\"shopify-block shopify-app-block\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"PBarNextFrameWrapper\" popover=\"manual\"\u003e\u003ciframe id=\"PBarNextFrame\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/shopifycloud\/preview-bar\/index.html\" spellcheck=\"false\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Stinky Old Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62473243754883,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/6914\/8035\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_cf02122e-1609-4100-8af9-66db934c52ad.jpg?v=1787879263","url":"https:\/\/stinkyoldbooks.com\/products\/1856-manuel-de-piete-red-and-gold-gauffered-edges","provider":"Stinky Old Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}