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 154
l and the most effectivefinisher who has yet appeared in England. His tooling is admirably firm and dazzlinglyvigorous. Whatever the inadequacy of hisworkmanship in the processes which precedethe gilding,—and in these his hand is steadilygaining strength, — there is no disputing hisdecorative… … IN MEMORIAM. Size, 6% in. x ^Vi in. Bound by Cobden-Sanderson.133 Bookbindings Old and New. 135 aided even by an apprentice, although his wife(a daughter of Richard Cobden) has takencharge of the sewing. He designs his owntools, having them cut especially for him.Even the letters he uses were drawn…
Grolier Club · Bookbinding
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