Keywords: Opera - Upper cover (c67b20).jpg Style Centrepiece; Caption Upper cover; Colour Tan; Edge Ink ms note exhibition history Decorative Technique Tooled in gold; Cover Material Calf Traces of 2 pairs of ties The binding is stamped with the letters W P apparently the initials of William Second Lord Petre object history Text 16c; Lyons; Petre Lord the second William object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding England place of discovery See David Pearson English centre-piece bookbindings 1560-1640 in Eloquent witnesses Bookbindings and their history London 2004 p116 pl 4c British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000001136 ImageId ImageId 40173 Copyright BL Opera Uploaded with GWToolset Opera - Upper cover c67b20 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/4680_4 jpg Bookbinding 16th-century bookbinding British Library Bookbindings |