duodo bindings
Bindings executed by Parisian gilders for Pietro
Duodo, Venetian ambassador to Henri IV of France,
1594-1597. The distinctive feature of his bindings
(and apparently most of his library consisted of
small books similarly bound) was rows of laurel
wreaths enclosing various small flowers, the
central wreath enclosing his arms. This style was
imitated by English binders of the early 18th
century and by French binders in the late ]9th
century. (140 , 347 )
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