![75Italian Binding.- Joni (Icilio Federico) Richly gilt panelled wooden boards, dated 1466 [but probably late 19th century]](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/28ad38cb-53f8-ef11-9346-002248418f6a/2af2c602-ebf8-ef11-9346-000d3a7ef93b.webp "75Italian Binding.- Joni (Icilio Federico) Richly gilt panelled wooden boards, dated 1466 [but probably late 19th century]")
Lot 75
Italian Binding.- Joni (Icilio Federico) Richly gilt panelled wooden boards, dated 1466 [but probably late 19th century]
Hammer Price: £3,000
Description
Italian Binding.- Joni (Icilio Sienese painter and restorer who produced imitations of the wooden panel bindings, born c. 1865), Attributed to, Richly gilt panelled wooden boards, upper cover depicting the Saint Macarius, lower cover depicting 12 coats of arms, legend in Italian and dated1466, both covers all within floral decoration, 8 brass floral studs, upper board with central break and neat repair verso, inner boards stained red and with worming, c.380 x 200mm., dated 1466 [but probably late 19th century]
⁂ For further discussion of Joni's activity producing imitation "tavolette della biccherna", see H.M. Nixon's 'Binding Forgeries', Transactions of the VIth International Congress of Bibliophiles, 1969, Vienna, 1971, pp. 69-83], and 'A Pair of Bookcovers of the late 19th Century by I.F. Joni,The Book Collector, 1985, pp. 488-489.
Description
Italian Binding.- Joni (Icilio Sienese painter and restorer who produced imitations of the wooden panel bindings, born c. 1865), Attributed to, Richly gilt panelled wooden boards, upper cover depicting the Saint Macarius, lower cover depicting 12 coats of arms, legend in Italian and dated1466, both covers all within floral decoration, 8 brass floral studs, upper board with central break and neat repair verso, inner boards stained red and with worming, c.380 x 200mm., dated 1466 [but probably late 19th century]
⁂ For further discussion of Joni's activity producing imitation "tavolette della biccherna", see H.M. Nixon's 'Binding Forgeries', Transactions of the VIth International Congress of Bibliophiles, 1969, Vienna, 1971, pp. 69-83], and 'A Pair of Bookcovers of the late 19th Century by I.F. Joni,The Book Collector, 1985, pp. 488-489.
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