Gilded cloth book cover

The cover of "Filozof indyjski [...]" by Robert Dodsley and Mikołaj Rej (Warsaw, 1769) is clothbound with decorated fabric. Magnified fragment.

The qualities of this publication were discussed before in "Bibliotheca Curiosa" (Vilnius: Vilnius University Press, 2016) compiled by Sondra Rankelienė and Indrė Saudargienė; it reveals the world of old printed books and presents the various documents published between the 15th and 20th century kept in the Rare Books Division of VU Library.