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The book, its history and development (1907)

Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 60

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at thatit pays the cleyei faussaires of the Continent to direct theirattention to covers of this kind. They need not even takethe trouble to provide manuscripts for the inside; loosecovers will hell with equal readiness. Ivory carving played an important part on early bindings.Apart from diptychs,… … Fig. 48.—French Liiitlingof the thirteenth cen-tury with enamels. 48 THE BOOK: ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT. kept in the cathedral treasury at Milan, and is without itsoriginal inside; it is attributed to the iifth century./ Early Irish manuscripts were usually l)ound in quiti;simple limp leather…

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