File:Livre singulier et utile... de geometrie. -and- Raison d'architecture antique ... traduit d'Espagnol. - Upper cover (Davis367).jpg
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[edit]Livre singulier et utile... de geometrie. [and] Raison d'architecture antique ... traduit d'Espagnol. | ||||
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Roffet, Etienne |
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Author |
Bouelles, Charles de. [and] Vitruvius. |
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Title |
Livre singulier et utile... de geometrie. [and] Raison d'architecture antique ... traduit d'Espagnol. |
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Description |
Style: Armorial|Panel design|Cornerpiece made of small tools|Floral; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Brown; Edge: Gilt and gauffered |
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Date | Binding: 16c | |||
Medium | Decorative Technique: Tooled in gold|Tooled in blind; Cover Material: Goatskin (includes morocco, turkey etc) | |||
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Shelfmark: Davis367 |
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Place of creation | Binding: France | |||
Object history | Text: 1542; Paris; Francis I, King of France (1494-1547) | |||
Notes | Bound in Paris by Etienne Roffet for Francois I, c. 1542. Traces of 2 pairs of ties. Edges gilt and gauffered with curving lines and decorative pattern. Provenance, Le Comet de Ligherolles, book plate of Robert Hoe, Lardanchet catalogue 45 (1951), 866. An interlacing rectangle and lozenge and arabesque tooling: arms of Francis I, salamander, crowned F's and fleur-de-lys by the binder of the Estienne Bible. | |||
References |
For other French 16c bindings see Marie-Pierre Laffitte & Fabienne Le Bars, Reliures royales de la Renaissance, Paris, 1999, p46, 49. See M M Foot, The Henry Davis Gift, Vol. III, London, 2010, p.42. |
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