Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 256
sixteenth century, andamong other artistic 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,… … ElG. 121.—French coloiued and goldtooled binding, with portrait of Henri II. Italian feeling. It is sure enough that the art of gold tooling reached France by way of Venice, just as it did England. The most gorgeous j)eriod of French bookbinding wasthat of Henri II. and his children. Henri himself…
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