Creator
Pope Nicholas I
Title
Letters (Latin)
Coverage
Rome
Publisher
Francesco Priscianese
Date
1542
Description
This binding for Jean Grolier was created by the Cupid’s Bow Binder, an otherwise anonymous binder or atelier working in Paris from 1547 to 1555. The eponymous tool, from which his sobriquet derives, is stamped in gold repeatedly around the central roundel, which carries the title. It is rarely seen.
Source
Purchased from the Estate of Lucius Wilmerding, 1951.
Format
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