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Derome (De Rome)

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Also known as: French: Derome le Jeune, Nicolas-Denis Derome

DEROME (DE ROME). - A family of Parisian bookbinders active from the 17th century onward, of which 14 members are known.

The most famous is NICOLAS-DENIS, called D. le Jeune, b. 1 Oct. 1731, d. 1790 or 1791. He continued the decorative manner of the Padeloup workshop, from which he purchased all the tools for gilding.

D. bindings, of very careful execution, are distinguished by their floral type of ornamentation. Among the preferred leathers is red morocco; among the tools, a small bird with spread wings (bindings "au petit oiseau") that appears on the spine and at the corners of the cover. Also noteworthy are certain types of mosaic binding, with gilt fillets. The Mortimer L. Schiff collection in New York possesses about fifty D. bindings.

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BIBL.: L. Gruel, Manuel historique et bibliographique de l'amateur de reliures, I, Paris 1887, p. 77 ff. (cf. II, ibid. 1905, pp. 56-61); E. Thoinan, Les reliures français, ibid. 1893, pp. 246-56.

Alessandro Pratesi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), coll. 1451–1452.

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Pratesi, Alessandro. “Derome (De Rome).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 1451–1452. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/derome-de-rome.

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Pratesi, Alessandro. “Derome (De Rome).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1451–1452. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/derome-de-rome.

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  author    = {Pratesi, Alessandro},
  title     = {Derome (De Rome)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1451--1452},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/derome-de-rome}
}

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