Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 233
Fig. 102— Italian gold tooled bindingmade for Jean Grolier. ings are in morocco, which is sometimes marbled. Thewords Grolierii et Amicorum are always put upon suchbindings as were made for him, and the legend Portiome a domine sit in terra viventium also generallyappears in the centre of one or… … Eig. 103.—Italian gold tooled binding made forJean Grolier, 1532. flyleaf at the beginning or at the end. Grolier was the fcollector to have his books bound in a particular wayhimself. OENAMENTATION WITH GOLD. 211 Grolier bindings have been very freely imitated,especially by a native of Bologna,…
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