Bookbindings old and new : notes of a book-lover, with account of the Grolier club of New York
Brander Matthews's 1896 survey of decorative bookbinding, published in London by George Bell for collectors and members of the Grolier Club of New York. Plates reproduce whole covers in photographic halftone: Grolier strapwork interlace, gilt arabesque corner sprays, centre lozenge cartouches with owners' inscriptions, and dark blind-tooled fields useful as border frames, panel layouts, and ornamental corner units.
