Description: Heavily worn and roughly repaired binding, probably from the 16th century. The original leather blind-tooled dark brown calf binding with paper boards has been repaired with cloth added on spine and a parchment piece (from a manucsript of Johannnes Chrysostomus) has been used in the front pastedown.
Source:
Aesopus, Vita et Fabulae [Greek]. Ed: Gabriel Bracius, [Venice Bartholomaeus Pelusius, Gabriel Bracius de Brisighella, Johannes Bissolus and Benedictus Mangius about 1498]
Century:
16th
Exact Date: 1500-1600
Type: Binding
Height: 22.4
cm
Width: 16.3
cm
ICONCLASS
49M5 bookbinding
Last Edited: 2025/02/27 11:13:39
Uploaded by:Tom MacKinnon
