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 224
of the ancient triumphs is often in the sim-plicity of the workmans resources. Where aman has but a single tool, he must perforcedevise ornament which that single tool canaccomplish, or else go without ornament alto-gether. Out of the struggle comes strength. When we see the rather violently… … Bookbindings Old and New, 207 beautiful if the resources of modern colour-printing had not been ready to his hand.And yet, nothing venture, nothing have: thedecorative artist, if he wishes to get outsidethe little circle of every-day banality, musttry the hazard of new fortunes as often and
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