Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 170
ubjects, andcountry houses of all sorts. Land-scapes are particularly suitable forthis form of painting, and many speci-mens are very pleasing. All the foregoing paintings are doneso as to be complete on each book, butsome time ago a remarkable set ofItalian books, I believe of the six-teenth… … Fig. 75.—Portrait ofCharles II. in colour,on the forage of abook bound for theking by SamuelMearne. en they were alltheir forages out-bound uniformly,l 2 148 THE BOOK: ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT. this manner of ornamenting them is worthy of the attentionof some of our enterprising modern binders.…
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