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Image Caption Front cover panel stamp, 234- 739q. General Description Early 16th century English panel stamp binding by Julian Notary. Binder Julian Notary (London stationer) fl. 1496- 1520 Country / Style England Period 16th century (early) Call Number 234- 739q Author Budé, Guillaume, 1468-1540. Title [De asse et partibus eius] De asse et partibus eius, libri quinque, Gulielmi Budaei Parisie[n]sis à secretis Regis Franciae, nuper recogniti & ampliores facti, à furtoque uindicati ; eiusdem De asse & partibus eius, breuiarium. Created / Published Coloniae : Opera & impe[n]sa Ioa[n]nis Soteris, anno 1528 mense Augusto. Hamnet URL http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=88949 Dimensions 161 x 94 x 50 mm Covering Material Dark brown calfskin, superbly rebacked with brown calfskin. Sewing Sewn on three tanned leather supports laced through the oak wood boards. Headbands Stuck-on; sewn with line thread through a vellum support. End Papers New; two blank flyleaves with loose folded guards. Closures Evidence of two fore-edge clasps, hinging from the front cover and catching on the back. Decorative Description The covers are blind stamped with panel stamps. The front cover has a supporter-type Rose panel (Oldham, Blind panels of English binders, plate XXXIX, RO. 13) with the initials I N (Julian Notary). The back cover is stamped with a heraldic panel (Oldham, Blind panels of English binders, plate XXII, HE. 30). The rebacked spine is blind tooled with double lines above and below the raised bands, creating Saltier in the center. Binding Terms (RBMS) Calf bindings -- England -- 16th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Clasps -- England -- 16th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Leather bindings -- England -- 16th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Panel-stamped bindings -- England -- 16th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Raised bands -- England -- 16th century. Binding Terms (RBMS) Rebacking.