Bookbindings old and new : notes of a book-lover, with account of the Grolier club of New York (1896)
Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929 · London : G. Bell · leaf 106
of his Racine (1768), and of his Corneille(1771); but his hand seems to have lost some-what of its cunning when it undertook a taskfor which it had no training. At least so M.Marius-Michel thinks, and his is a trainedtaste which a layman may wisely follow. Co-chin did not suggest a chaste disorder… … EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TOOLS. 88 Bookbindings Old and New. It is not a treatise on bookbinding that I havehere attempted, or a history of the art, or evena set and formal essay. All I have sought todo is to jot down a few stray notes — to gossipabout those who have helped to make the BookBeautiful.…
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