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Royal English book bindings (1896)

Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Seeley and Co. Limited ; New York : The Macmillan Co. · leaf 52

An illustration from Royal English book bindings, 1896, leaf 52
isies, carnations,and others whose species is difficult to determine. In the four cornersof the park are four deer, their eyes being indicated with little blackbeads, some gambolling, some feeding, and on the groundwork aremany grass-tufts of gold thread. The central design on the under coveris not… … Fig. io.—Parker. De antiqvitate Britannicre Ecchsi^e. London., 1572. Queen Elizabeth. aUEEN ELIZABETH 43 there were red silk, ribbons to tie the book together at the front edges,but there is only a trace of them now left. The back is divided intofive panels, bearing alternately white and Tudor…

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