BINDING - ARMS OF DE THOU
ARNOBIUS Commentarii, pii iuxta ac eruditi in omnes Psalmos, per Des[iderium] Erasmum Roterodamum proditi & emendati, light foxing, late sixteenth century red morocco with the arms of Du Thou stamped in gilt on upper cover, and 'ADT' monograms on spine, g.e., rubbed, joints starting, chips to head and foot of spine [Adams A-2000], 8vo (167 x 110mm.), Basel, Froben, 1560
Footnotes:
A fine armorial binding made for Jacques-August de Thou, with his arms (prior to his marriage) on the cover. De Thou was a prolific and sometimes controversial historian and bibliophile.

Provenance: Jacques-August de Thou (1553-1617), binding; Oliver Henry Perkins (1843-1912) and Lucius Kellogg Wilmerding (1880-1949), bookplates.
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