The Paris 1538 Cicero is entirely tooled with gouges and dots and, although it may have been made in Paris, cannot with certainty be attributed to any known workshop or even to any specific town.¹ 

Mirjam Foot

¹ For bindings of this kind, see Foot 1978-2010 vol. I, pp. 207-213; M. M. Foot, “The Geneva Kings’ Binder and Other 16th-century Bindings Decorated with Masks”, in Actes et Communications, 2006, pp. 17-29.