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
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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