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| Shelfmark |
Davis547 |
| Held By |
BL |
| Country |
France |
| Period |
18c |
| Cover Material |
Goatskin (includes morocco, turkey etc) |
| Decorative Technique |
Tooled in gold |
| Style |
Armorial |
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| Owner |
Louis XV, King of France (1710-1774) |
| Author |
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| Title |
Statutes de l'Ordre du St Esprit |
| Place of Publication |
Paris |
| Date of Publication |
1724 |
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| Notes |
With the dove emblem of the Ordre du Saint Esprit. Similar bindings are kept in: 1) Aosta (Italy), Seminary Mayor (F. Malaguzzi, Legature di pregio in Valle d'Aosta, p. 111-112, fig. 87); 2) Paris, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers library (L'art de la reliure XVIe-XVIIIe siècle, p. 22-23); 3) Rome, Casanatense Library (Biblioteca Casanatense, Roma, Legature antiche e di pregio, I, p. 597, n. 1292; II, p. 309, fig. 481); 4) Valenciennes, Municipal Library (Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, L'art de la reliure, p. 16, n. 40.) See R. R. Holmes, Specimens of Royal fine and historical Bookbindings p. 13, n. 129; Librairie Sourget, Chartres, Manuscrits et livres précieux. Catalogue IX, p. 206-207, n. 71 on Le nouveau testament en français, Paris, Pralard, 1696; A. Lier, Bucheinbände aus dem Bücherschatze der Kgl. öffentl. Bibliothek zu Dresden, II, n. 89; F. Macchi-L. Macchi., Dizionario illustrato della legatura, p. 341. |
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