T.p. and half-title printed in red and black.

Text printed within decorative and illustrated borders.

"Cette exposition comprend les publications faites depuis le 1er janvier 1878, en livres, musique, gravures, lithographies, chromolithographies et aussi de spécimens de produits de fonderie en caractères, de papeterie et de reliure de luxe ou de commerce"--P. [1].

The catalogue consists of samples of printing, typography, paper, etc. by various firms forming a retrospective exhibition illustrating the history of printing in France from its origin to the end of the 18th century.

MASS copy: Bound in cream pebble-grain cloth blocked in gold, black, orange, green, blue and red. Lower cover blocked in gold and red with monogrammatic design: "Reliure Dorure C. Magnier Paris". With beige paper dust jacket printed in black with the same central designs as blocked in gold and colours on the upper and lower covers. Boards with bevelled edges.