Goff G-384
Gratianus, Decretum
  Basel: Johann Froben, 1493
  4°  Leaf: 215x155mm
  Ref: HC 7912*; Pr 7757; BMC III 790; GW 11377; BSB-Ink G-278
  
Library of Congress
(Vollbehr)
Shelf No. Hain 7912
 
Provenance
George Dunn

Binding
Contemporary, Low Countries
City or Locale: Bruges
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Other details
  Covering: calf
  Endbands: primary
  Boards: oak
  Supports: thongs
  Edges: yellow
  Binding waste: none
  Text finish: rubricated, red
                      
 
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Notes: This binding appeared in the great exhibition, The History of Bookbinding 525-1950 A.D., Baltimore, 1957-58, no. 174, plate XXXI. For related examples see Howard Nixon, Styles and Designs of Bookbindings, 1956, pp. 28-29, and Boekbanden uit vijf eeuwen, Gent, 1961, no. 20, plate VII.
Also for comparison, look within this website at the examples listed in English bindings, notably Huntington A-56.
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