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| Keywords: Philippus, -Gesta alexandri magni. -A poem in ten books.- - Upper cover (c47e12).jpg Style Armorial Dated Heads in medallions Lettered cover eg intitals titles; Caption Upper cover; Colour Brown; Edge Unspecified exhibition history Decorative Technique Tooled in blind Tooled in gold; Cover Material Calf Shaped boards Traces of 2 pairs of ties Dated 1555 May be Polish or German binding The largest surviving collection of ˜Monumenta ™ that is books from the library of King Zygmunt August 1520-1572 They are called ˜Monumenta ™ from the ownership formula on their bindings From a collection which once numbered 4 000 volumes the Polish National Library now possesses 164 works in 106 volumes object history Text 1513; Strasburg; Sigismund II Augustus King of Poland object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding Poland place of discovery Images and information on Polish bindings can be found on The Library of the Pozna Society of Friends of Sciences online database of bookbindings 15-18c see their home page For Polish bindings see Jan Storm van Leeuwen The Golden Age of Bookbinding in Cracow 1400-1600 2011 British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000010118 ImageId ImageId 44664 Copyright BL Philippus Gesta alexandri magni A poem in ten books Uploaded with GWToolset Philippus Gesta alexandri magni A poem in ten books - Upper cover c47e12 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/11020_4 jpg Bookbinding 16th-century bookbinding British Library Bookbindings | ||||
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