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 170
ll and sometimes pretentious; it is frequentlydesigned by architects who are without trainingin the needs and possibilities of its technic; it isoften violently polychromatic; and it is sometimesset off by elaborate panels of inserted enamel,and by richly chiselled corners and centrepiecesof… … INSIDE COVER OF PRECEDING.149 III. THE OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE. Much as one might expect a precious metalto enrich a tome, there is more than a hint ofTeutonic heaviness in most of these carved-leather covers, girt with soHd silver clasps, andarmed with chased medallions. The occasionalattempts of…
Grolier Club · Bookbinding
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