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Shelfmark	Davis797
Held By	BL
Country	Italy
Period	16c
Cover Material	Goatskin (includes morocco, turkey etc)
Decorative Technique	Tooled in gold
Style	Cornerpiece; Lettered cover, eg initials, titles; Medallion or plaquette
Edges	Gilt and gauffered
BookBinder	Guillery, Marcantonio
Owner	Filareto, Apollonio
Author	Vettori, P [and] Merula, G
Title	Explicationes suarum in Catonem, Varronem, Columellam Castigationum [and] Georgii Alexandrini enarrationes vocum priscarum in libris de re rustica
Place of Publication	Lyon
Date of Publication	1542/1541
References
Notes	Traces of 4 pairs of ties. Macchi states;Rome, c1542. A. Hobson, Italian 16 th century bookbinding, n. 4, p. 18-21; Idem, Apollo and Pegasus, p. 93, n.11). 14 examples known : 8 by Niccolò Franzese (Rome) , 3 bound in northern Italy, probably Bologna; 3 by Marcantonio Guillery which are the earliest of Filareto's and Marcantonio Guillery 's bindings (A. Hobson, Italian 16 th century bookbinding, n. 4, p. 18-21). See also c37i4 (not digitised).

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