The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 577
sometimes leathern straps, sometimes metal clasps, sometimeshooks, to keep the volume firmly closed, and almost always nails, whoseround and projecting heads preserved the flat surface of the binding frombeing rubbed. In the year 1299, when the tax was imposed upon the inhabitants ofParis for the… … BOOKBINDING. 477 University, the authorities of which placed them under the surveillance offour sworn bookbinders, who were considered the agents of the University.We must except, however, from this jurisdiction the acknowledged book-binder to the Chambre des Comptes, who, before he could be…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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