| On the previous page we have looked at imprints that Barber has called ornamented scrolls and in his description scrolling fronds. I have here again reproduced below (purely for scientific non profit purposes) certain relative examples from Barber's TOOLS LIST 9: FR page 406. Catalogue of Printed Books and Bookbindings : The James A. de Rothschild Bequest at Waddesdon Manor By (author) Giles Barber , Edited by Geoffrey De Bellaigue , Edited by Rosamund Griffin published in 2013 (click here to see this publication). Small imprints of this type play a major role in Jubert's signed binding that we have looked at on page 5. In Comparative Diagram 1, we see a selection of Jubert imprints of this type, that I have catalogued previously as jj-37a and jj-37b, they are also shown in the orientation that Barber has chosen so that we can compare them easily. I show a number of examples so that we can see and be sure that certain characteristics appear in these imprints. The most diagnostically important I have labeled A and B in green with arrows pointing to the important details, Barber has referred to ths part of this imprint as a small outer leaf at the base, In our Jubert imprints example A appears to be a nearly solid shape where as B has a distinct notch, these differences can be observed in all examples |
| In Comparative Diagram 2 we see that Barber's FR 34 pair of fronds exhibit a distinct notch in both of the pairs in the small outer leaf at the base. Also in FR 35 both small leafs are notched. Therefore we must conclude that these imprints do not derive from Juberts tools, they are not examples of the jj-37 pair. |
| In Comparative Diagram 3 this is a bit more obvious, Barber's FR 34, is not the same as the Jubert or the Delorme, or the Gosselin imprints. |
| In Comparative Diagram 4, we discover that FR 35 is the Gosselin gos-37 pair of imprints and not those of Derome, in fact Derome does not appear to have ever used a pair of tools of this type. Here we can see the great value of high resolution imagery, even if Barber's catalogue is at the limit of usefullness (300dpi) we can with our high resolution example (1200dpi) identify with certainty these imprints. I have already detailed Barber's error concerning the binding W.Cat.454 (click here to see this) at that time I did not have these high resolution Gosselin imprints, here then is proof positive, that the tools found on W.Cat.454 [The Dutchesse du Maine].Grandes nuits de Sceaux. 1715. Folio, are in fact those of Gosselin and not Derome le jeune who has in any case pasted his ticket inside. This is an important fact to note, and explains also how the Bibliotheque national de France has made the terrible error of attributing Gosselin's work to Derome le jeune, in swallowing whole Barber's false attributions. |
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