History of Rome (Greek)

Dio Cassius

History of Rome (Greek)

Paris

Robert Estienne

1548

This binding with grotesque humanoid masks is an excellent example of an uncommon style from the late decades of the century. It was created by the Geneva Kings’ Binder, an atelier of skilled Huguenot craftsmen, exiled in Switzerland for their religious beliefs, whose bindings are among the finest work of the era, many created for Henri III and Henri IV, Kings of France.

Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1891.

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