Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 256
ic productions he designed a specialstamp for gilding his bindings with. Tory lost his onlylittle daughter, andafterwards adopted ashis device a brokenvase, symbolic of hisbroken life. This vaseis sometimes piercedby a toret, probablya play upon his ownname, as he describesit: ung vase antiquequi… … Fig. 121.—French coloured and goldtooled binding, with portrait of Henri II. art of gold tooling reached France by way of Venice, justas it did England. The most gorgeous period of French bookbinding wasthat of Henri II. and his children. Henri himself loved finebindings, and so did Catherine de…
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