Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 231
cut on a flat piece of metal, as the Canevari stamps are, Fig. 101.—Cameo stamp of Apollo and Pegasus found on binding thatbelonged to D. Canevari. Italian, sixteenth century. and sometimes on a bossed piece of metal, as the Alexanderand Csesar are. When on the binding these stamps showas a… … ORNAMENTATION WITH GOLD. 209 work, as many of the early stamps are, the Florentine leafand the Aldine dolphin. Then there is no doubt that many of the finest of thebindings made for Jean Grolier were Italian. Who designedthem and who boundthem we do not know,but among the earlierexamples there is…
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