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Early 17th century Oxford binding of blind tooled calf. Central panel filled with a narrow, plain vertical strip surrounded by a blind tooled roll (see Strickland Gibson, Early Oxford Bindings, Plate XXXIX, no. XVIII), which is itself surrounded by…

16th century blind tooled calf binding, bound at the workshop of Garrett Godfrey, a Dutch-born binder active in Cambridge from the early 16th century until his death in 1539. Covers with rolls number 3 and 4 of George J. Gray's, The Earlier Cambridge…

16th century blind tooled calf binding over wooden boards, bound at the workshop of Nicholas Spierinck, a Dutch-born binder, who settled in Cambridge early in the 16th century. He remained in Cambridge until his death in 1545, but appears to have…

16th century English panel stamped calf binding over wooden boards. Upper cover panel with emblems of the passion and inscription "Redemptoris mundi arma" ; on the lower cover a stamp divided into two compartments containing the arms of England and…

18th century Irish binding of gilt tooled red goatskin, with black goatskin inlays. Marbled endpapers. Bookblock edges in gilt.The broad roll-tooled border appears to be one used by the Dublin craftsman known as the 'College Binder', who was active…

18th century black goatskin binding, with gilt tooling in a "cottage roof" design on covers. Marbled endpapers. Bookblock edges in gilt.

18th century Scottish binding of red goatskin. Gilt rolled outer frame to covers. Flat spine, with gilt tooling including thistle and Minerva stamps. Gilt tooling to board edges and turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. Bookblock edges in gilt. Green cloth…