Keywords: De asse et partibus eius. - Upper cover (Davis389).jpg Style Circle Cornerpiece Medallion or plaquette Panel design; Caption Upper cover; Colour Brown; Edge Gilt gauffered exhibition history Decorative Technique Tooled in gold Tooled in blind; Cover Material Calf Bound in Paris by the Fleur-de-lis Binder c 1536 once known as the Bayfus binder Traces of 4 pairs of ties Edges gilt and gauffered with curls and leafy ornaments M Culot believes the Fleur de lis binder to have been Etienne Roffet object history Text 1532; Paris; Unspecified object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding France place of discovery See M M Foot The Henry Davis Gift Vol III London 2010 Macchi states; 2 nd quarter century Paris bound by J Grolier's craftsman Bayfius Binder with Mars radiating medallion Interlaced external border circles and panel internal corners tools show the Italianate taste Bibliothèque nationale de France Paris 80 reliures françaises p 2 n 24 J de Sauzay coat-of-arms; J Guignard Premières reliures parisiennes à décor doré p 229-249; F Macchi - L Macchi Il Dizionario illustrato della legatura p 136; J Toulet Les reliures p 533 - see C 108 tt 2 C 130 e 4 Davis 334 Davis 335 Davis 369 Typically French Renaissance several bands thereof two smooth at head and bottom Reproduced in Sotheby Co London Catalogue Sotheby's of valuable printed books and fine bindings from the celebrated collection the property of Major J R Abbey London Sotheby and Co 19-21 June 1967 p 47 lot 1721 pl 103 Shelfmark Davis 366 is bound by the Bayfius binder too See A Hobson French and Italian collectors n 2 Bayfius De re vestiaria Lyon 1536 British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000003988 ImageId ImageId 41599 Copyright BL De asse et partibus eius Uploaded with GWToolset De asse et partibus eius - Upper cover Davis389 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/6114_4 jpg Bookbinding 16th-century bookbinding British Library Bookbindings |