Keywords: Les politiques d,Aristote - Upper cover (Davis385).jpg Style Centre and cornerpiece Semis background of small tools; Caption Upper cover; Colour Brown; Edge Unspecified exhibition history Decorative Technique Tooled in gold; Cover Material Goatskin includes morocco turkey etc Macchi states; th third quarter of century France unsual puzzling binding 1 azured border ovals and triple gilt background dots are typically French; 2 the centrepiece I Die Einbände der Palatina pl CLIX was used by the Genevan Goldast-Meister active according to I Schunke Ilse Schunke Der Genfer Bucheinband p 38-64 from c 1586 until 1602 christened for the bindings he bound for Melchior Goldast von Haiminsfeld His centerpieces have pointed ends; 38 examples are kept in the Vatican Library; 3 the cornerpieces were used by English Renaissance binders like the Dudley binder H M Nixon Sixteenth-century gold-tooled bookbindings p 152-156 n 39 and the Morocco binder even if this last was of French origin Similar of central panels stamp hanging tools as Davis 381 For a similar centrepiece and hanging tools see J R Abbey Catalogue of valuable printed books and fine bindings p 66 lot 184 pl 22- shelfmark C 20 c 15 Davis 385 object history Text 1568; Paris; Unspecified object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding France place of discovery Unspecified British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000003982 ImageId ImageId 41596 Copyright BL Les politiques d Aristote Uploaded with GWToolset Les politiques d Aristote - Upper cover Davis385 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/6111_4 jpg Bookbinding 16th-century bookbinding British Library Bookbindings |