1875 Chromolithograph Renaissance Illumination Didot Spain Initial Design LOR1 OD2 fame Vintage Advertising

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"Wachendorfia Thyrsiflora"

This is an original 1970 color print ad for the Arrow Mach II men's dress shirts that were made and sold by the Cluett

"If you can tell a lachnite from a diamond

1875 Chromolithograph Renaissance Illumination Didot Spain Initial Design LOR1 OD2 fame Vintage AdvertisingThis is a rare original 1875 color chromolithograph that unites two beautifully illuminated Spanish manuscripts from the Renaissance period, which were located in the library of Ambroise Firmin Didot (part of the famous Didot publishing family in France). They were both Charters of Nobility, one for Juan Catao and the other for Augustin de Yturbe. The larger style of the decorations and initials is interesting in comparison to their finer Italian