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Examples of bookbinding executed by Robt. Rivière & Son : exhibited at the Leipzig Exhibition in 1914 for a few weeks prior to the Great War on the outbreak of which they were placed in the cellars of the Leipzig Museum, where they remained for five years (1920)

Robert Rivière and Son · [London] : Robt. Rivière & Son · leaf 64

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earlsand a ruby. The reverse cover is identical with the front, but with-out the gems. The doublures (see illustration No. 17) are composedof interlaced strapwork of Moorish design inlaid in green,black, and red, with a background of fine pointille work andsurrounded by a border of two straps… … Illustration 16

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