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Printer Printed in Lyon
Binder James VI binding, between 1585-90, English
Place of OriginEdinburgh, Scotland
Date1551
Dimensions8 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (21 × 15.9 cm)
Mediumvellum
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1920.55
Not on View
DescriptionStamped vellum.
Label TextThis rare binding, beautiful in spite of the ravages of time, was made for James VI of Scotland, as the central Latin inscription "REX JACOBUS, 6 SCOTORUM" attests. James VI (1566-1625), succeeded the throne of England in 1603 as James I, the first Stuart king of England, and the first king to rule both England and Scotland.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, "Focus Exhibition: In the Beginning: King James Bible First Edition," September 15-December 13, 2011.
La Institutione de una Fanciulla Nata Nobilmente
La Institutione de una Fanciulla Nata Nobilmente
Plantin Press, Antwerp [First book printed by Christopher Plantin], Flemish
1555
Image Not Available for The Whole Book of Psalms
The Whole Book of Psalms
Printed for The Company of Stationers
1616
Image Not Available for A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, Esq.; Secretary, First, to the Council of State, and afterwards to the Two Protectors, Oliver and Richard Cromwell. In Seven Volumes. (Vol. II) [title page]
A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, Esq.; Secretary, First, to the Council of State, and afterwards to the Two Protectors, Oliver and Richard Cromwell. In Seven Volumes. (Vol. II) [title page]
Printed for the Executor of the late Mr. Fletcher Gyles, Thomas Woodward, and Charles Davis, London, 1742
1742
Image Not Available for Poems by C. Churchill [vol. 2]
Poems by C. Churchill [vol. 2]
Printed for John Churchill (Executor to the late C. Churchill) and W. Flexney, London, 1765
1765
Vita del Gloriosissimo
Vita del Gloriosissimo
Printed in Rome, 1586
about 1580
Leaf from a Miniature Manuscript Bible
Leaf from a Miniature Manuscript Bible
1240
Leaf from a Paris Manuscript Bible
Leaf from a Paris Manuscript Bible
about 1310
Image Not Available for Les Oeuvres posthumes de Monsieur de Molière. Tome VIII. Enriches de Figures en taille-douce. [title page]
Les Oeuvres posthumes de Monsieur de Molière. Tome VIII. Enriches de Figures en taille-douce. [title page]
Chez Jacques Lions, Lyon, 1696
1696
Book of Hours
Book of Hours
about 1500
Maréchal Bonnivet
Maréchal Bonnivet
Corneille de Lyon
Mid-16th century
Book of Hours of the Virgin
Book of Hours of the Virgin
about 1500
Hoe Squad, from Conversations with the Dead
Hoe Squad, from Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon
1969

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