File:Cento sonetti - Upper cover (Davis361).jpg

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Cento sonetti
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Piccolomini
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Cento sonetti
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Style: Dolphin motif|Lettered cover, eg intitals, titles|Lozenge or diamond|Panel design; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Brown; Edge: Unspecified
Date Binding: 16c
Medium Decorative Technique: Tooled in gold; Cover Material: Unspecified
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Shelfmark: Davis361
Place of creation Binding: France
Object history Text: 1549; Rome; Unspecified
Notes A S tooled in gold on upper cover. For other French 16c bindings see Marie-Pierre Laffitte & Fabienne Le Bars, Reliures royales de la Renaissance, Paris, 1999. Macchi states; mid century, Paris (?). The two crowned dolphins do not seem to be refer to François II as dauphin. Other examples are reproduced in Catalogue of a collection of early French books; Librairie Sourget, Chartres, Manuscrits enluminés et livres précieux 1280-1927, Catalogue XXIV, p. 92-93, n. 31 on text Dion. Cassius, Dion historien grec, Des faictz et gestes insignes des romains, Paris, Arnoul & Charles les Angeliers, 1542; T. de Marinis, Appunti, pl. CCLXXI on text A. Piccolomini, Sonetti, Rome, 1549, Florence, Landau Finaly Library; La reliure ancienne et moderne, pl. 89; Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, Bucheinbände, p. 18, Abb. 71, pl. XLV on text Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Parisiis, Apud Simonem Colinaeum, no date; Maggs Bros., N. 407, Bookbinding: Historical and Decorative, p. 33, n. 36, pl. XIX. This motif appears on Spanish XVI th century bindings too (Cl. L. Penney, An album of selected bookbindings, pl. XX on Ejecutoria, Valladolid, 1570).
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