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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 316
ntioned in the very useful work ofM. J. J. Guiffrey on the expenditure of Louis XIV., wefind Gilles Dubois, who died before 1670; Levasseur, binderto Huet, Bishop of Avranches ; La Tour, Mérins or Merius,who died before 1676; and also Ruette, the reputed inventor Le Gascon Bixdixg. 297 of marbled… … Fig. 170.—Le Gascon binding for Cardinal Mazarin. was probably these men who decorated the books of thebrothers Dupuy, Fouquet, and Colbert, marvellous works ofsolidity, if not always of elegance, which have resisted allassaults. Unhappily, in many instances the mechanical dentelle 298 THE Book.…
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