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 152
inal and the most effectivefinisher who has yet appeared in England. His tooling is admirably firm and dazzlinglyvigorous. Whatever the inadequacy of hisworkmanship in the processes which precedethe gilding,—and in these his hand is steadilygaining strength, — there is no disputing hisdecorative… … Bookbindings Old and New. 135 aided even by an apprentice, although his wife(a daughter of Richard Cobden) has takencharge of the sewing. He designs his owntools, having them cut especially for him.Even the letters he uses were drawn for himby Miss May Morris; and he makes a mostartful use of…
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