Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868, Italian composer): 'Mozart - Don…
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Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868, Italian composer): 'Mozart - Don Giovanni - Partition 1' album of musical notation of the opera, with composers inscription and signature dated 1863. Note additional hand written text, 'This book was presented by Rossini to the King of the Greeks. He marks Mozarts work as Corrige, the usual Rossini Joke (merely doubling the pace)'. Half morocco with marbled boards, embossed trim and letters. Good condition. Rare.

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  • Marbling - A descriptive term for a finish applied to plastic, ceramics, glass, plaster or wood to imitate the colours and characteristic markings of various marble types. For moulded items such as the first three above, the marbling is within the item.

    Interiors and furniture were marbled from from the early 17th century to the late Victorian period. The craft was practiced by skilled decorators using a combination of brushes and sponges. Some of the finishes achieved were so realistic as to make it difficult to distinguish the marbled surface from the marble surface.

    Marbling is also a term applied to a finish for paper as often seen in the front and endpapers of old books. The marbling is achieved by floating the colours on water and then transferring them to paper. However the marbling finish on paper, as with the marbling finish on plastics, with its multitude of colours has little resemblance to naturally occurring marble.
  • Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.

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