Keywords: Il libro del cortegiano - Upper cover (Davis794).jpg Style Interlacing ribbon/strapwork Cornerpiece Shield empty; Caption Upper cover; Colour Brown; Edge Gilt Gauffered exhibition history Decorative Technique Tooled in gold; Cover Material Calf Spine tooled in gold and blind 3 raised bands 4 half false bands Traces of 4 pairs of ties Macchi states; Venice 1525-1550 Book plate of Viscount Lewisham See T de Marinis La legatura artistica II n 2442 p 134 plate CCCCVI object history Text 1541; Venice; Unspecified object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding Italy place of discovery M M Foot The Henry Davis Gift Vol III London 2010 British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000004954 ImageId ImageId 42082 Copyright BL Il libro del cortegiano Uploaded with GWToolset Il libro del cortegiano - Upper cover Davis794 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/6659_4 jpg Bookbinding 16th-century bookbinding British Library Bookbindings |