Bookbindings old and new; notes of a book-lover, with an account of the Grolier Club of New York; (1895)
Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929 · New York, London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 112
to expose the other tenth to a damagingcomparison. These remarks, of course, applyonly to the binders whose work was done beforethe beginning of the nineteenth century. Oflate years the superiority of French binders hasbeen undisputable, but it has not been over-whelming. There are at present in… … ENGLISH, iSTH CENTURY. ROGER PAYNE.91 BOOKBINDINGS OF THEPRESENT. BOOKBINDINGS OF THEPRESENT. I. THE TECHNIC OF THE CRAFT. . As there is unfortunately no word in theEngHsh language to describe those familiar, yetdignified, poems which in France are known asvers dc societe, and which are far above…
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