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an ornately decorated book with a red stone in the middle and gold trimmings

A unique remnant of the Valois treasures dispersed in the 16th century, this precious book was a gift from Francois I to his niece, Jeanne d'Albret. It later passed through the hands of Henri IV and Cardinal Mazarin, before ending up in England by the end of the 17th century.

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an old book with writing on it

Historia Romana. -De bellis civilibus. Translated by Petrus Candidus Decembrius (1399-1477). Venice: Bernhard Maler (Pictor), Erhard Ratdolt, and Peter Löslein, 1477.

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an old leather book with gold trimming

ALEXANDER APHRODISIENSIS. Alexandri Aphrodisiensis quaestiones naturales, morales, et de fato. Hieronymo Bagolino Veronensi patre, et Ioanne Baptista

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an old book with birds and flowers on it's cover, sitting in front of a gray background

Covers From a Bookbinding, between 1500 and 1550 Islamic, Iranian Leather over pasteboards, paper, colors and gilding Overall: 14 × 9 inches (35.6 × 22.9 cm) Mount (mounted-book closed): 14 1/2 × 10 × 7 1/4 inches (36.8 × 25.4 × 18.4 cm) Founders Society Purchase, Hill Memorial Fund 1985.32.A

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an old book with intricate designs on it

German books of this period were often bound in alum-tawed pigskin, a very durable skin and particularly suited to blind tooling. In this example, the pigskin is laid over thick wooden boards and there are two clasps at the fore-edge. Placing the catchplate for the clasp on the upper cover was a typical feature of German and Netherlandish bindings; on English and French bindings this is reversed and the catchplate is on the lower cover. The engraved metal corner pieces and now missing…

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an old book with writing on it and a ruler in front of the page that says,

World chronicle from the Creation to AD 1574, 17th century: London, British Library, MS Harley 5742, f. 1r (detail) Okay, it's not exactly the latest gadget, or that diamond ring you've been admiring for the last month; but the British Library can give you (drum roll, please) another 79 fully...

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