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 157
s of his design withgold points, stars, single leaves, and the like\ — a device giving the utmost brilliancy tothe design if used skilfully. Mr. Cobden-Sanderson will not work toorder. He binds only those books that pleasej him, and he binds them as he pleases. Hej is independent of the caprices of… … ■THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JASON.Bound bv Cobden-Sanderson. of no great value, and put a fifty dollarbinding on a book not worth five — a pe-cuniary solecism, an artistic incongruity. Of Bookbindings Old and Nezv. 137 late he has not fallen into this blunder,and he prefers to spend himself on books…
Grolier Club · Bookbinding
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