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Shelfmark	c19c21
Held By	BL
Country	France
Period	17c
Cover Material	Goatskin (includes morocco, turkey etc)
Decorative Technique	Tooled in gold
Style	Armorial
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Owner	Thou, Jacques Auguste de (1553-1617)
Author	PHaeDRUS
Title	Ph:dri ... Fabularum :sopiarum libri V
Place of Publication	[Paris]
Date of Publication	1617
References
Notes	XVII th first quarter century, Paris (?), painted. With the arms of Jacques-Auguste de Thou impaling those of his second wife Gasparde de la Chastre. These bindings form a separate group in J.-A. de Thou's library. Probably made between 1602, (his wedding with Gasparde de la Chastre) and 1617, his death.

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