Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 235
Fig. 104.—English gold tooled binding by Thos.Beithelet. Made for Henry VIII. fraudulent finisher looks out for an old Italian book of theright date, bound in plain leather. Then he copies partsfrom one or other of the many Groliers which can be seenand studied by any Londoner or Parisian for the… … Fig. 105.—English binding by Thos. Bertbelet, 1552.Made for Edward VI. are about, and every day they become more like genuineexamples. The styles of binding that have been most largely andsuccessfully imitated are those made for Jean Grolier,Henri 11. and of his period, and the so-called…
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