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 94
hat it is a mosaic — thatit has a polychromatic decoration formed byinlaid leathers of various colours. The colouredbindings of Groliers time owed their variedtints to bands of paint, and although therehad been now and again attempts at inlaying,there had been no such bold effort as this Daphnis et… … OFFICE DE LA SEMAINE SAINTE. KUUNl) liY N. IAUEI.OUr. (FROMREMARKABLE BINDINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, BY HENRY B.WHEATLEY.) 73 Bookbindings Old and New. 75 Padeloup, just as a picture with a white horseis often ascribed to Wouwerman withoutfurther warrant. The decoration of the Daph-nis et Chloe…
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