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17th century English black goatskin binding tooled in gilt and blind (this style is sometimes referred to as 'semi-sombre'). This binding bears a resemblance to British Library, Davis 185: Book of Common Prayer, 1662, which is attributed to the…

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…

17th century calf binding, bound at the workshop of Henry Bluett of Oxford (active 1610-1633), as described in, Goldschmidt, Gothic and Renaissance Bookbindings, no.267: the covers have a rolled frame, with triple filleted lines either side. The…

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…

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…

20th century red goatskin binding signed Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London. Gilt tooling to board edges and turn-ins, and lettering in gilt on spine. Bookblock edges in gilt.

18th century Scottish red goatskin binding. Gilt tooling to covers, in a herringbone style characteristic of Scottish bookbindings of the 18th century. With further gilt tooling to spine, board edges and turn-ins. Bookblock edges in gilt. Marbled…

17th century black goatskin binding. Gilt tooling to covers, with the Royal Arms as a gilt-stamped centrepiece. This stamp matches Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1600 - 1649), Stamp 15a in the British Armorial Bindings database,…

17th century calf binding. Gilt tooled centrepiece incorporating the coat of arms of the City of London; cornerpieces of interlacing designs; and semis of a small floreate cross - all within a double filleted gilt tooled frame. Flat spine, gilt…