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 166
. If this is true, much ofthe credit for the improvement of public taste isdue to the influence of ^Ir. Matthews himself.Of modern Italian and German binding thereis no necessity or space to say anything here. … IRVINGS KNICKERBOCKERS HISTORY OF NEW YORK. Bound by William Matthews. Publislierl by the Grolier Club, 1888. Owned by Mr. William Matthews. 145 Bookbindings Old and New. 147 The tradition of vellum binding has been keptalive in Rome and in Florence, where the bevel-edged white tomes are often…
Grolier Club · Bookbinding
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