Sicuti antiquarum lectionum commentarios concinnarat olim vindex Ceselius. . . .

Lodovicus Caelius Rhodiginus

Sicuti antiquarum lectionum commentarios concinnarat olim vindex Ceselius. . . .

Venice:

In Aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Soceri,

1516.

Gift of Jeremy Norman.

This book is half bound in blind-stamped, alum-tawed pigskin. The partially exposed wooden boards bear remnants of clasps visible on their fore-edges. Pigskin was prepared in a different manner from other bookbinding leathers. It was usually tawed (softened and bleached using aluminum salts) rather than tanned (treated with an infusion of tannin-rich bark or similar agents). Pigskin was used for bookbinding primarily in German-speaking lands in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance and also in regions bordering on Germany, including Austria, Switzerland, and northern Italy.

From the collection of Rare Book School