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Noctium Atticarum libri undeviginti
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Andrea di Lorenzo
Author
Gellius, Aulus
Title
Noctium Atticarum libri undeviginti
Description
Style: Panel design|Floral|Lettered cover, eg intitals, titles; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Brown; Edge: Black
Date Binding: 16c
Medium Decorative Technique: Tooled in blind|Tooled in gold; Cover Material: Goatskin (includes morocco, turkey etc)
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Shelfmark: Davis730
Place of creation Binding: Italy
Object history Text: 1515; Venice; Unspecified
Notes 3 raised bands, 4 half bands. Macchi states; Venice binding, c1530. See A. Hobson, Renaissance book collecting, Cambridge 1999, Appendix 5, Bindings by the Mendoza binder (Andrea di Lorenzo) p. 244-250, II trade bindings (a) simple style (cf. fig. 45) n. 70, p. 246; 37 known examples of this kind. Andrea di Lorenzo was formerly known as the Mendoza Binder.
References M M Foot, The Henry Davis Gift, Vol. III, London, 2010.
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