French, fifteenth century
Blind-tooled calfskin binding on a French incunable.
| Author: | Nider, Johannes, ca. 1380-1438 |
| Title: | Praeceptorium divinae legis. |
| Published: | Paris: Ulrich Gering, 1478. |
| Location: | Scheide Library (WHS) |
| Call number: | Scheide 5.1.1 |
| Spine height: | 21 cm |
French, sixteenth century
The original binding on many books in the sixteenth century was probably a laced parchment case like this example on an edition from Lyons printer Antonius Gryphius.
| Author: | Costanus, Antonius Guibertus, 16th cent. |
| Title: | De sponsalibus & matrimoniis commentarius. |
| Published: | Lyons: Antonius Gryphius, 1578. |
| Location: | Rare Books: Gryphius Collection(GRY) |
| Call number: | GRY 578.01 |
| Spine height: | 17 cm |
French, sixteenth century
At a bit more expense the buyer could have a binding of calfskin over pasteboards with some gold and blind tooling.
| Author: | Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536 |
| Title: | [Apophthegmata]. |
| Published: | Lyons: Sebastianus Gryphius, 1555. |
| Location: | Rare Books: Gryphius Collection(GRY) |
| Call number: | GRY 555.07 |
| Spine height: | 12 cm |
French, sixteenth century
A simple centerpiece stamp on a sixteenth-century calfskin binding.
| Author: | Charron, Pierre, 1541-1603 |
| Title: | De la sagesse. |
| Published: | Bourdeax: Simon Millanges, 1601. |
| Location: | Rare Books (Ex) |
| Call number: | 6123.25.328.11 |
| Spine height: | 17 cm |
French, fifteenth century
A printed book of hours from Paris, 1498, in contemporary goatskin with large corner- and centerpiece block stamping.
| Author: | Catholic Church |
| Title: | Horae Beatae Virginis Mariae ad usum Romanum. |
| Published: | Paris: Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, 1498. |
| Location: | Rare Books: Grenville Kane Collection (ExKa) |
| Call number: | Incunabula 1498 Horae |
| Spine height: | 22 cm |
French, seventeenth century
Seventeenth-century fanfare binding.
| Author: | Catholic Church |
| Title: | L'office de la Vierge Marie. |
| Published: | Paris: C. Huré, 1621. |
| Location: | Rare Books (Ex) |
| Call number: | 5942.2484.1621 |
| Spine height: | 19 cm |
French, seventeenth century
Brown goatskin with an armorial stamp set within a diaper pattern of fleurs-de-lys.
| Author: | Horace |
| Title: | [Works. 1611]. |
| Published: | Leiden, Netherlands: Ex officina Plantiniana Raphelengii, 1611. |
| Location: | Rare Books: Robert Patterson Collection (PTT) |
| Call number: | 2865.1611 |
| Spine height: | 25.5 cm |
French, seventeenth century
An early seventeenth-century fanfare binding with the initials of James I of England and his coat of arms.
| Author: | Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo, Saint, 1542-1621 |
| Title: | [Disputationes]. |
| Edition: | Editio ultima. |
| Published: | Ingolstadt, Germany: Adam Sartarius, 1601 |
| Location: | Rare Books (Ex) |
| Call number: | Oversize 5728.162q |
| Spine height: | 36 cm |
French, nineteeth century.
Red goatskin binding with pointillé tooling by Pouget.
| Author: | Amman, Jost, 1539-1591 |
| Title: | Gynaeceum, sive, Theatrum mvlierum. |
| Published: | Frankfurt am Main: Sigmund Feyrabend, 1586 |
| Location: | Rare Books (Ex) |
| Call number: | GT513 .A51 |
| Spine height: | 20 cm |
French, eighteenth century
Green morocco binding by J. A. Derome.
| Author: | Virgil |
| Title: | P. Virgilii Maronis Opera. |
| Published: | Leiden, Netherlands: Elzevir, 1636. |
| Location: | Rare Books (Ex) |
| Call number: | 2945.1636 |
| Spine height: | 14 cm |
French, nineteenth century
Binding by Petrus Ruban with silver and gold tooling, 1896.
| Author: | Voltaire, 1694-1778 |
| Title: | Zadig, ou, La destinée. |
| Published: | Paris: Imprimé pour les amis des livres par Chamerot et Renouard, 1893. |
| Location: | Rare Books (Ex) |
| Call number: | Oversize PQ2082 .Z3 1893q |
| Spine height: | 28 cm |