[Type Specimens]. Fonderie Ch. Boudin.

Excelsior [wrapper title; general title:] Fonderie Ch. Boudin. Caractères Fantaisie.

Paris: Fonderie Ch. Boudin, [ca. 1912-1914]. Original ribbon-embossed wrappers (10.75 x 8.5 inches), [28] pages, wire stitched. Illus. Binding staples a bit rusty. Wrappers soiled and spotted and a bit worn, more or less lightly foxed or dust-soiled throughout; a good, sound copy. Item #22119

“Ce numéro-spécimen de 24 pages a été composé avec notre nouvelle création Excelsior agrémenté de notre Vignette Roses et Perles.” One in a series of (evidently ephemeral) fascicules of specimens from this Paris foundry, with samples of its use in advertising. OCLC notes a single location at BM-Lyon.

Price: $150.00