[Prayerbook Woven on Jacquard Loom.]
Livre de prières: tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIV au XVI siècle. Lyon: A. Roux, 1886
168 x 136mm. 44 pages. Half-title with cartouche on verso, two section titles, 3 full page illustrations, each text page with elaborate decorative border, entirely woven on silk. Handsomely bound in a “Cuir-ciselé” binding by Charles Meunier, the inscised calf panels depicting Christ on the front cover, and Virgin and Child on the lower cover, both derived from illustrations within the book. Elaborate morocco doublures utilizing five colors, watered silk endleaves; signed “CH. MEUNIER.1902” on inner cover. All edges gilt and gauffered. Tiny abrasions to spine ends, otherwise fine.
An Amazing production, beautifully produced in its entirety on a Jaquard Loom. Manufactured by the Jaquard process, this book ushers in the computer age, as it was woven using perforated punch cards similar to those that programmed the first computers.
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