JAMES REID-CUNNINGHAM
piercedvellumbinding

Vellum laced case binding: pierced vellum with red satin lining and gold tooling.
Dutch or possibly German, early seventeenth century.
Text: Officium B. Mariae Virginis, Antwerp, 1575.

psalterium

MAURITIUS, Augustus, Davidis regii prophetae psalterium, vario genere carminis Latine redditum. Schmalkalden, Michael Schmuck, 1593. Contemporary pierced vellum over red silk binding, goldtooled.

piercedvellumBLc27e7

Pierced vellum binding.
British Library
BL c27e7

piercedvellumenglishroyal1615

Pierced vellum binding, with English royal arms, c. 1615
Ms. Of letters and petitions of Lady Arabella Stuart, c. 1615
Pink and blue satin under limp vellum.

Smalkaldenpiercedvellumbindingsmall

Pierced vellum binding from Schmalkalden, Germany
Hans Bapest von Erfurt, binder
c.1615