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 168
ll and sometimes pretentious; it is frequentlydesigned by architects who are without trainingin the needs and possibilities of its technic; it isoften violently polychromatic; and it is sometimesset off by elaborate panels of inserted enamel,and by richly chiselled corners and centrepiecesof… … III. THE OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE. Much as one might expect a precious metalto enrich a tome, there is more than a hint ofTeutonic heaviness in most of these carved-leather covers, girt with solid silver clasps, andarmed with chased medallions. The occasionalattempts of American silversmiths at…
Grolier Club · Bookbinding
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