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 62
ever. It is a pity that we cannot do honour to thememory of the noble craftsman who executedsome of the most splendid bindings with noother implements than the straightfillet and curved gouge, disdainingaid of any engraved tools whatso-ever. To him we owe the trans- curved gouges.cendent folio… … 44 Bookbindings Old and New, learned arabesques, the graceful volutes, seemedto be born under his instruments; no one hasever carried to such a degree the exquisite sen-timent of form. VALERII MAXIMI DICTORUM FACTORUMQUE MEMORABILIUM, LIBRI IX.BOUND BY NICOLAS EVE. FROM THE LIBRARY OF DE THOU.…
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