Accession number:
PML 1918
Published:
A Paris, [1586-1587]
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, by 1907.
Description:
1 v. : illustrations (engravings) ; 18 cm (8vo)
Notes:
Engraved t.p., and plates throughout signed "Thomas de Leu Fe."
Almanach for years 1587-1607 (leaf ā1v).
Binding:
16th-century French brown morocco, richly gold tooled by Clovis Ève for Marguerite de Valois, with inverted MV cipher, double-Lambda and S-fermé, with reversed BB cipher on rear board. 2 clasps, missing. With multi-ribbon bookmark with embroidered headpiece.
Inscriptions/Markings:
All engravings and initials colored by hand. Manuscript music and prayers added to front and rear endleaves.
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