Owner: James, Thomas

Description: Ink sketch of a woman in elaborate head-dress on upper endpaper (16th-century).

Source: Marot, Clément, 1496-1544, Les œuures de Clement Marot, Par. 1551

Institution: Oxford, Bodleian Library Shelfmark: 8° M 6 Art. Location: Front endleaves

Type: Unknown

Notes: James, Thomas, 1573?-1629, former owner. Inscription of Thomas James, 1597, with his motto, on title-page. 16th-century calf; blind-tooled fillets in panel design, with gold-tooled corner fleurons and centrepiece perhaps in silver, now tarnished to black; spine with four raised and two half bands, with gold- (and silver?-)tooled fleurons; fragments of manuscript on vellum (in Latin, 16th?-century hand). Elaborate (and undeciphered) monogram on title-page, in an early hand.

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