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Shelfmark	Davis692
Held By	BL
Country	Germany
Period	16c
Cover Material	Calf
Decorative Technique	Tooled in gold
Style	Panel design; Protestant reformers
Edges	Gilt, gauffered and painted
BookBinder	Kruger, Thomas, Wittenberg (w000433)
Owner
Author	Carion, Johann
Title	Chronica Carionis ... Auffs newe in Lateinischer Sprach beschrieben, und ... vermehret [...]
Place of Publication	Wittenberg
Date of Publication	1573
References
Notes	The panel on the upper cover shows a full-length portrait of Melanchthon. The arms of Denmark and Saxony are painted on the fore edge.

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