File:Q. Curtii Rufi ... De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni ... opus ... ad scriptum exemplar emendatum ... Accesserunt ... antehac nunquam visa, duorum in principio librorum ... supplementum compend - Upper and lower cover and spine (C143d7).jpg
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Q. Curtii Rufi ... De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni ... opus ... ad scriptum exemplar emendatum ... Accesserunt ... antehac nunquam visa, duorum in principio librorum ... supplementum compendiosum, finis in quinto libro, etc. [The editor's prefatory letters superscribed: Hadr. Junius.] Quintus Curtius Rufus Antuerpiæ : ex officina Ioannis Loe?i, 1546. |
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| Description |
Style: Panel design; Caption: Upper and lower cover and spine; Colour: Brown; Edge: Plain |
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| Date | Binding: 16c | |||
| Medium | Decorative Technique: Tooled in blind; Cover Material: Calf | |||
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Shelfmark: C143d7 |
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| Place of creation | Binding: England | |||
| Object history | Text: 1546; Antwerp; Unspecified | |||
| Notes | Probably an Oxford binding. With covers from 2 Oxford bindings used as doublures. 2 pairs of leather ties. | |||
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Oxford bookbinding 1500-1640 : including a supplement to Neil Ker's fragments of medieval manuscripts used as pastedowns in Oxford bindings / David Pearson. Oxford : Oxford Bibliographical Society, 2000. |
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