Title
Binding, c. 1615-1620
Year
[1615-1620]
Type
boekband, binding
Measurements
16,1 x 9,4 x 0,7 cm.
Related term
boekbanden, luxebanden, sloten
Period
17e eeuw
Classification
F: Bindkunst
Content
Textile book binding of white silk, embroidered with silk in many colours and metal thread. Textile was used for bookbinding as early as the Middle Ages. It was applied particularly in books in royal collections and books for women. Under the influence of the English queen, Elizabeth I, embroideries increasingly found acceptance from the second half of the 16th century. The sophisticated kind of embroidery as shown here was not made by the binder himself but by professional embroiderers.
Original
Biblia dat is De gansche Heylige Schrift. - Leiden: U. Corneliss voor J.E. Cloppenburch en I.J. Canin, 1615 en Dentus, Arthurus. - Voet-pat der eenvoudigher menschen. Ofte Den conincklijcken wech tot den hemel. - Utrecht: A. van Hervvijck voor H. Laurensz. tot Amsterdam, 1614
available in
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 345 G 17
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek