Book investigating - step 2 - Bindings Challenge

Match the books with their owners! Click on the person you think best matches this book’s owner.

What clues can be found in the binding? Can you identify who owned this book?
That's right. This book was bound for Lady Jane, a 16th-century noblewoman.
Heures a lusaige de Ro¯me toutes au long sans rien requerir (Book of Hours). Paris, 1549
Lady Jane Marriage
Napoleon Bonaparte
Schoolgirl
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You can find more online resources to help investigate old books and their owners in our Book Detective Toolkit.

Image top right from W. H. Midwood, The Betrothal of Burns and Highland Mary, 1864, courtesy of Burns National Heritage Park.
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