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Title
 Bookbinding, c. 1600

Year
 ca. 1600

Type
 boekband, binding

Measurements
 28,8 x 19,9 x 2,1 cm.

Related term
 boekbanden, particuliere bibliotheken, goudstempeling, perkament

Period
 16e eeuw

Classification
 F: Bindkunst

Content
 Gold-tooled plain vellum binding with wrappers over the front edge. Both boards are tooled with a panel design with the same ornament in every corner. And in the centre the coat of arms of Prince Maurice. In the Koninklijke Bibliotheek various books with the arms of Maurice have been preserved. They were, in view of the practically uniform finish, probably made by the same binder and probably also around the same time.

Original
 Institution de la discipline militaire au royaume de France. - Lion, 1559

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 137 B 1

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek