Embroidery Patterns by Alessandro Paganino 1527

This facsimile book is covered with oak gall black goat skin leather and is made by hand in the same way as they where in the 16th and 17th centuries. It has black and yellow headbands that reinforce the top and bottom of the spine. The paper is a high quality laid paper that has no water marks and there are 255 pages. The covers and spine are decorated with a blind tooling design copied from surviving examples from the same period as this was originally printed

It measures 6 by 8 1/4 by 1 inches (15 x 20.5 x 2.5 cm)and the text is the same size as the original.