LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus: O PRIRODE.
Translated Josef Kolar, graphic design Jaroslav Benda.
Praha, Jan Laichter, 1948.
8°, 278 pp., 1 illustration on annex. Contemporary half parchment binding. Four bands and decorative description on spine, deep groove according to Bradel. Boards covered with starch paper. Red and black cloth bookmark.
Authorship of binding has not been determined. - Laichterova Filosofická knihovna, vol. 34. - Intact. Collector's condition. - Language: Czech.
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Starch paper. It appears at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. The principle consists in applying thinner colored starch to the paper and extruding this layer by various drawing means, for example fingers, rods, brush, etc.