Jean de Labadie

The front cover of this brown leather book binding features elegant decorative stamping and gold-leaf lettering. In the upper center, the name Jean de Labadie Jean de Labadie (1610–1674) was a former Jesuit priest who became a famous French Protestant minister and founded the Pietist communal sect known as the Labadists. is stamped in gold.

Below the name, a central blind-stamped blind-stamped: a decorative technique where a design is impressed into the leather without using gold leaf or ink, leaving a subtle, colorless indentation ornament in a diamond shape features a circular, cross-like motif. The cover is framed by a decorative border consisting of thin parallel lines and ornamental corner-pieces with stylized floral and scrollwork designs. To the left, the spine is visible, showing several compartments separated by raised bands, each decorated with a small stamped motif.