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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 44

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ages ofthe books they were printing, and which weresuggested some, no doubt, by the illuminationsof the old missals, but more, beyond question,by the Oriental traditions of the Greek work-men. The distinguishing quality of these or-naments, familiar enough to all who know theAldine style, was grace… … COLLO(^)UiF.s oi- I.KASMrs, i;asI:i,, 1537. ijiAKio, 7 4;; iiMiiKS; i;ko\VN CALF. (FROM BLENHKIM COLLECTION. OWNED 13Y MR. BRAYTON IVES.) 23 Bookbindings Old and New. 25 billed; and then remember that this, hke everyother design, was laboriously tooled bit by bit,and line by line, each separate…

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