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Model of Italian Wooden Board Binding of ca 1500
Ursula Mitra
Text sewn onto three raised, split alum-tawed thongs, laced into beech boards and secured with wooden nails (trenails). Transverse vellum spine liners glued to the inside of the boards. Worked back bead endbands over alum-tawed core. Quarter goat covering.
19.5 x 12.5 x 3.5 cm
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