Digest of Civil Law (Latin)

Creator

Konstantinos Harmenopoulos

Title

Coverage

Cologne

Publisher

Martin Gymnich

Date

1547

Description

This calf binding, featuring a blind-stamped “Spes” (Hope) panel in the Catholic version, is the work of Jacob Bathen, dating to 1547–1548. Bathen worked as a bookbinder in Louvain (Leuven) from 1520 to 1560. He produced “Spes” bindings in both Catholic and Protestant versions, tailored to the wishes of his clients.

Source

Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1901.

Format

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