Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 177
h embroidered binding vice books used at thecanvas, seventeenth century. wedding of the present Prince of Wales were in red velvet with the royal monogram impressed in gold upon it. With the eighteenth century an end came to any greatoutput of bindings in velvet, canvas or satin; now and thenan… … MISCELLANEA. loo bindings were trade bindings from the beginning, withvery few exceptions. At first backs of paper bound books were strengthenedby pieces of ordinary linen or calico pasted over them, thetitle being added on a label; but a special cloth for bindingpurposes was made early in the…
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