Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Seeley and Co. Limited ; New York : The Macmillan Co. · leaf 113
has the crowned initials C. R.painted in silver inside the upper cover, and on the front edge, in anoval, is a painting of the Resurrection under the gold. Between this 92 ROYAL ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS and the edges, painted for James II., there were no books adorned inthis way for royal owners. The… … Fig. 27.—Portfolio containing the Royal Letter concerning the Kings Library. George II. Eliot and Chapman, and sometimes conventional patterns. A goodexample in the British Museum is on the cover of the letter written toLord Liverpool by the king in 1823, concerning the gift of his fatherslibrary…
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