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EnglishVery similar in style to the neighbouring 1544 Virgil, this binding is also of pigskin seating for metal clasps, these now lost, visible. The covers have been over wooden boards, with hardware blind-tooled with various botanical borders, with…

EnglishA typical binding for the geographic region and timeframe whence it was printed, it is likely that this binding was executed with little time lag from the day it left the printer’s studio. Parchment (pigskin) has been laid over wooden boards.…

EnglishAnother example of parchment on cardboard, this binding is on exhibit to show the leather ties that were used to keep the book closed when not in use. Due to the fragility of the leather used to make ties, it is rare that they survive the…

EnglishThe binding consists of parchment on boards, with the parchment having been painted in brown ink to simulate a marbling effect. The spine label is of yellow morocco, with title tooled in gold (partially illegible due to remnants of a former…

EnglishThis binding shows a simulated marble effect, which has been styled as “Run or Prusian marble” by 18th century printer and binder James Coghlan in his Memorandum on the bookbinding trade, dating to 1764-65. The effect is generated by black ink…

EnglishThis binding of parchment on boards displays stab holes within its covers for ties (now missing). The spine label is in red morocco, with the title “Juvenalis et Persius” tooled on in gold. There is tooling in gold on front and back covers,…

EnglishA laced-case binding in limp parchment with no support of boards; this was likely a temporary binding. The “laces “ that are visible through the cover are actually slips or supports that are sewn into the spine to support the textblock. The…

EnglishTwo hundred and twenty years younger than its display case neighbour Les Ordonnances et édicts du très chrestien roy de France Charles neufiesme du nom […], this item is a good example of the economic measures taken to reduce the costs of…

EnglishThis book has lost its binding over time, but its current state allows for a wonderful illustration of the elaborate and painstaking process that went into sewing of a text block before an external cover was ap-plied. Interestingly, this…

EnglishPrinted by Sebastian Gryphius in 1547, this item is an example demonstrating a binding repair in which the owner took special care to retain as many elements of the original binding as possible. FrançaisImprimé par Sebastian Gryphus en 1547,…