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Cupola ceiling of the Austrian national library, Vienna.
(photo Manfred Morgner)

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Wibyholm palace, as depicted in the quaint Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna

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Copper gilt book cover, set with plaques enamelled in relief with floral decoration.
Netherlands, c. 1670
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Embroidered bookbinding and bookmark, England c. 1652
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The frontispiece of an early German illustrated book on plants, Horti Anckelmanniani. (1664-1671)
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Nosticky palace library, Prague
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A French royal bookbinding (for queen Maria de’ Medici), embroidered silk, 1629
Currently at the Chateau de Chantilly

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Eger lyceum library (Hungary)

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