Louvain panel-stamped binding.- Biblia Graeca et Latina, vol.4 only (of 4), Greek and Latin text, title with top half defective, contemporary Louvain panel-stamped calf by Jacob Bathen, covers with Spes panel stamp signed 'IB' at lower left corner, upper cover detached, lower cover with upper part of leather missing, lacking backstrip, lacking ties, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, 8vo (binding 170 x 110mm.), Basel, Nicolaus Brylinger, 1550; sold not subject to return
⁂ The substantial remains of an example of a 'Spes' binding, one of many Louvain bindings made using a popular panel stamp depicting Hope (Spes) with her head in the clouds, with a text from Psalm 90 around the edge. Fogelmark has identified more than 130 volumes using this panel stamp, and even more of the similar Spes panel signed I.P. (Jacob Pandelaert), which (he opines) was copied by Bathen.
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