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Opera
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Fleur-de-Lis Binder
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Pontanus, J J.
Title
Opera
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Style: Lettered cover, eg intitals, titles|Panel design; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Brown; Edge: Gilt
Date Binding: 16c
Medium Decorative Technique: Tooled in blind|Tooled in gold; Cover Material: Goatskin (includes morocco, turkey etc)
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Shelfmark: Davis325
Place of creation Binding: France
Object history Text: 1513; Venice; Grolier, Jean (1479-1565)
Notes Bound in Paris by the Fleur-de-lis Binder for Jean Grolier, c. 1538. Once known as the Bayfus binder. [Macchi states: c. 1540, Paris, bound by Étienne Roffet for J. Grolier (P. Culot, La reliure en France, p. 74-75, n. 29-30).]
References See M M Foot, The Henry Davis Gift, Vol. III, London, 2010.
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