Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 176
se ladies,moreover, bound theHarmonies them-selves, and were notonly the first Englishlady binders but also the first amateur binders, and theybound exceedingly well. Mrs. Wordsworth was anotherpioneer among lady binders. She covered her books inpieces of her own old dresses. Not only did the… … Fig. 79.—English embroidered doublebook, satin, seventeenth century. 154 THE BOOK: ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT. gilding upon velvet was known, but it was reserved for theladies of Little Gidding to bring it to perfection. There will always be some little doubt as to whetherthese magnificent gold…
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