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Sir John Ritblat Gallery: Treasures of the
British Library: Bookbindings

Items listed on this page are normally on display in the Sir John Ritblat Gallery: Treasures of the British Library at St Pancras, London. You can find out more about selected items online. You can also check out opening times and get an overview of what the gallery contains.

  • 16th-century, English gold-tooled and painted brown calfskin Davis 60
  • 18th-century English gold tooled and painted white transparent vellum binding Davis 210
  • 19th-century English gold tooled white vellum Davis 273
  • 16th-century French gold tooled and onlaid binding Davis 379
  • 16th-century Swiss gold tooled and painted brown goatskin binding Davis 417
  • 17th-century German gold tooled white parchment binding Davis 635
  • 19th-century Spanish gold tooled, painted and onlaid binding Davis 660
  • 18th-century Italian gold tooled and sprinkled binding Davis 859
  • 18th-century gold tooled blue goatskin binding with gilt edges Davis 162
  • 20th-century English gold and black tooled and onlaid brown goatskin Davis 301
  • 18th-century Irish gold tooled and onlaid red goatskin binding Davis 311
  • 20th-century French gold, black and ink tooled binding Davis 556
  • 18th-century French gold tooled and onlaid red goatskin binding with gilt edges Davis 561
  • Rose Adler. Abstract Davis 557
  • 18th-century Mexican gold tooled red binding with gilt edges Davis 655
  • 16th-century German gold blocked and painted calfskin binding. Davis 693
  • 16th-century Italian gold tooled and sprinkled brown calfskin binding Davis 722