AN ITALIAN SILVER BOOK BINDING, MAKER'S MARK MB WITH FIGURE HOLDING EMBLEMS BETWEEN PROBABLY FOR MARC'ANTONIO BELOTTO OF PADUA, 1776/88

AN ITALIAN SILVER BOOK BINDING, MAKER'S MARK MB WITH FIGURE HOLDING EMBLEMS BETWEEN PROBABLY FOR MARC'ANTONIO BELOTTO OF PADUA, 1776/88

both covers embossed with coats of arms in baroque cartouches under coronets on matted and trellis grounds, the hinges and clasp with corded borders

maker’s mark only stamped twice on both covers, and once on both clasps, now containing a Latin text on law and war Magnus Hugo Grotius in Vitriario Parvus five Institutiones Juris Naturae et Gentium, prostat apud Georgium Lehmannum, 1726

length 7 in.

18 cm