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De asse et partibus eius.
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Fleur-de-Lis Binder
Author
Budeus, Gulielmus.
Title
De asse et partibus eius.
Description
Style: Circle|Cornerpiece|Medallion or plaquette|Panel design; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Brown; Edge: Gilt & gauffered
Date Binding: 16c
Medium Decorative Technique: Tooled in gold|Tooled in blind; Cover Material: Calf
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Shelfmark: Davis389
Place of creation Binding: France
Object history Text: 1532; Paris; Unspecified
Notes Bound in Paris by the Fleur-de-lis Binder, c. 1536, once known as the Bayfus binder.. Traces of 4 pairs of ties. Edges gilt and gauffered with curls and leafy ornaments. M Culot believes the Fleur de lis binder to have been Etienne Roffet
References See M M Foot, The Henry Davis Gift, Vol. III, London, 2010. [Macchi states; 2 nd quarter century, Paris, bound by J. Grolier's craftsman Bayfius Binder with Mars (?) radiating medallion. Interlaced external border circles, and panel internal corners tools show the Italianate taste (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 80 reliures françaises, p. 2, n. 24, J. de Sauzay coat-of-arms; J. Guignard, Premières reliures parisiennes à décor doré, p. 229-249; F. Macchi - L. Macchi, Il Dizionario illustrato della legatura, p. 136; J. Toulet, Les reliures, p. 533 - see C.108.tt.2., C.130.e.4., Davis 334, Davis 335, Davis 369). Typically French Renaissance several bands, thereof two smooth at head and bottom. Reproduced in Sotheby & Co., London, Catalogue Sotheby's of valuable printed books and fine bindings from the celebrated collection, the property of Major J.R. Abbey, [London, Sotheby and Co., 19-21 June 1967], p. 47, lot 1721, pl. 103. Shelfmark Davis 366 is bound by the Bayfius binder too. See A. Hobson, French and Italian collectors, n. 2, Bayfius, De re vestiaria Lyon, 1536.]
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