Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford : with reproductions of twenty-four of the finest bindings (1891)
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, Bodleian Library · London : Sampson Low, Marston and Co. · leaf 115
obvious imita-tion of Grolier and Maioli. Date of some of the best specimens of Wottons bindings, c. 1544to 1552. PLATE XII COVSTVMES DU BAILLIAGE DE SENS & ANCIESRESSORTS DICELUY, REDIGEES, & ARESTEESAU MOIS DE NOUEMBRE, LAN MIL CINQCENTS CINQUANTE CINQ, PAR ORDONANCEDU ROY. A Sens, De… … his sumptuous copy of the Coustumes du Bailliagede Sens, has the appearance of having beenprinted and bound specially for presentation tothe king. It is in every way a most beautifuland artistic production, worthy of the bestperiod of French art; boldness of conception,simplicity and gracefulness…
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