Creator
Ollenix du Mont sacré [Nicolas de Montreux].
Title
Les Bergeries de Julliette. Vol. 2.
Coverage
[Lyon:
Publisher
Jean Veyrat,
Date
1592.]
Subject
Gift of Louis H. Silverstein.
Description
This is an early example of a French laced-case binding that once had a full cover of parchment—an inexpensive form that emerged during the last quarter of the 16th century in response to economic pressures and a rise in prices. According to Nicholas Pickwoad, there was an increasing shift away from books bound in boards toward limp parchment bindings, which were faster and cheaper to make. Its cover lining is made from sheets of printed waste from an Italian book of canon law. Also visible is a parchment guard made from fragments of a medieval French devotional manuscript.
Source
From the collection of Rare Book School