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 48
class bearing trie name ofGrolier. The device is on the verso. (From Les Reliures dArt a la Biblio-theque Nationale. By permission of Edouard Rouveyre.) 27 Bookbindings Old and New. 29 — and it is these interlacing bands which are• perhaps the chief characteristic of the Grolierbindings. Instead of… … ALDINE TOOLS, HOLLOW. ALDINE TOOLS, AZURED. up the hollow bands which twisted above andbelow one another all over the cover ofthe book. To-day these painted ribbons andthe gilding of the design are sadly dulled by theyears; but when they were fresh, nothing couldhave been more magnificently…
Grolier Club · Bookbinding
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