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| Keywords: Bodleian Libraries, De origine de amplitudine civitatis Veronae.jpg The greatest collector of the Renaissance French Paris mid 16th-century Bound in brown calfskin gold-tooled with elaborate interlaced design painted yellow pink and green with circular cartouche and open tools stippled in white One of many books collected by Jean Grolier 1489-1565 arguably the greatest bibliophile of the Renaissance Grolier patronised many of the best binders in Paris such as the craftsman known as 'Cupid's Bow Binder' named from one of his distinctive tools Grolier's Latin ownership inscription translated as 'the book of Jean Grolier and of his friends' is near the foot of the cover indicating that his books were accessible to Grolier's intimate circle of friends exhibition history Spine and front board source filename oulis2009-atb-0085-0 tif object history object type Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-100 cc-by-4 0 place of creation place of discovery http //digital bodleian ox ac uk/inquire/p//cc4dc6a1-4faa-467e-b3d7-8acc862c11e4 Digital Bodleian Template Bodleian Libraries De origine de amplitudine civitatis Veronae Uploaded with GWToolset Bodleian Libraries De origine de amplitudine civitatis Veronae http //iiif bodleian ox ac uk/iiif/image/cc4dc6a1-4faa-467e-b3d7-8acc862c11e4/full/ 1000 1000/0/default jpg Files uploaded by the Bodleian Libraries' Wikimedian In Residence Bookbinding | ||||
