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Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, Bodleian Library · London : Sampson Low, Marston and Co. · leaf 106
ust be apparent to the veriest tyro in art, that thedesign is meritorious; although an obvious copy of the style ofornament introduced by Grolier, it is not a servile imitation; indeed itbears marks of original and distinctive genius. The tooling may notbe so carefully executed as that of the great… … Plate X. r.ROT.TF.KF.POrK r>F5Tr,NT ONT TlTtOWN1 C.M.F. With arms of Tliumas Wotton, Esquire. PLATE X. 21 The light brown leather is covered with delicately interlaced blacklines edged with gold, here and there arabesque foliage tooled in goldadds lightness to the design. Along the central…
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