Creator
Paulo Giovio
Title
Lives of Illustrious Men (Latin)
Coverage
Florence
Publisher
Lorenzo Torrentino
Date
1549
Description
This binding for Jean Grolier was created in Paris by a royal binder and the Cupid’s Bow Binder, in the 1550s or 1560s. The bookblock and the panels on the covers are the original elements; the current binding is French, from the mid-19th century. The enamel onlays, also from the Parisian booktrade in about the 1860s, are infelicitous gildings of the lily.
Source
Gift of Meredith Sage Hare, 1929.
Format
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