Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 170
particularly suitable forthis form of painting, and many speci-mens are very pleasing. All the foregoing paintings are doneso as to be complete on each book, butsome time ago a remarkable set ofItalian books, I believe of the six-teenth century, were brought to Eng-land. The forages of these… … Fig. 75.—Portrait ofCharlfts II. in colom-,on the forage of abook bound for theking bj SamuelMearne. 148 THE BOOK: ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT. this manner of ornamenting them is worthy of the attentionof some of our enterprising modern binders. Although the greater number of books, both in…
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