75/2687 [Bindings]. Prize binding of the Vernuft-en-Vlijt bindery, gilt panelled marbled calf, both sides with a central dark green morocco inlay in gilt medallion, the upper with the device "Vernuft en Vlyt", the lower with "7 M. /18---45./ 23. D." (23 July 1845), richly gilt spine w. dark green mor. letterpiece, gilt boardedges, contemp. marbled endpapers, inside frontcover central inlaid red wax-seal, marbled edges. - ON: Steenstra, P. Grondbeginselen der meetkunst. Leyden, S. and J. Luchtmans, 1820, 8th rev. ed. by M.I.S. Bevel, (4),XXVIII,(8),544p., woodcut diagrams.

- Very fine copy.

= On this remarkable type of binding: J. Storm van Leeuwen, Rondom een Middelburgse prijsband van 1828 (De Boekenwereld 1/5, p.2-5) and recently 'Om prijs en plaats'. De Middelburgse Teeken Akademie 1778-2003, p.99-110. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXVI.