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Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899, Grevel, H, Einsle, Anton, 1848-1897 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 145
;but after Simon Vostre, Vérard, and the others thev had 126 The Book. remarkably improved. The borders, at least in the books ofhours, had become the principal part of the book ; they werecomposed of flowers, architectural, complicated, and simple sub-jects, all of perfect taste and extreme… … Fig. 75.—Mark of Guillaume Eustace, 1517,binder and bookseller at Paris. on the contrary, more often works specially designed andengraved by artists of merit. Geoffroy Tory, born at Bourges in 1480, continued afterVostre and Vérard the onward march of illustration of theBook. He was a sort of…
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