Creator
Herodotus
Title
Histories (Latin)
Coverage
Lyon
Publisher
Sebastian Gryphius
Date
1551
Description
This elaborately gilt French binding is in a developed Fanfare style and may be from Lyon. It bears the gilt armorials of Girolamo Dandini, who was created cardinal in 1551 and died in 1559, which would limit the year of its creation to within the period 1552–1559.
Source
Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1889.
Format
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