Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 229
rst. The heat of the stampcongeals the albumenunder the gold, and the nowgilded impression is likelyenough to be the strongestpart of the leather. I haveoften found old leather bindings badly worn away, but thegold tooled work and lettering still remaining in places.Thus, instead of being… … Fig. 100.—Italian gold tooled bind-ing, 1514. OENAMENTATION WITH GOLD. 207 But to counterbalance this possible advantage, thealbumen presents a weak point. On an old gold tooledbinding it is not uncommon to find that a golden curve isparti} gone; half of it perhaps shows no longer as athin gold…
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