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Parchment carefully selected and highly prepared; spine vertical; prickings visible along edge of outer and upper margins and at head
Bound in Belgium, most likely contemporary; brown leather over oak boards, wide shallow exterior bevels; original sewing present on single tawed straps; panels with four vertical bands framed by quadruple fillets, some bands with walking deer and foliage-wrapped poles; outer bands feature square panels tooled with fleur-de-lis in barbed quatrefoil; spine has been rebacked with no liner overlays under pastedowns; gilt edges, painted with flowers of red and white on green stems, probably dating sixteenth/seventeenth century; evidence of side-pin and strap fastenings can be found on upper and lower covers; modern leather repairs present at anchorage points of straps and surrounding area