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 134
hile in Castellanis menthe hand had gained skill, but the head hadlost its force. The handicraft had improved,and the art had declined. There were nowvery expert artisans, but there was no indis-putably gifted artist. In solidity of workmanship and in dexterityof handicraft, the art of the binder… … 3 Bookbindings Old and New. 115 To say this is not to assert that the art is inits decadence, or even that it is in any way goingbackward ; but that it is not going forward onemio^ht venture to hint. The nineteenth cen-tury is now in its last decade, and it has notyet developed a style of its own…
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