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 156
nly on a single example in the Douce collection. Thebeauty of that example may be seen in the accompanying plate.The large and magnificent collection of De Thous books at theBritish Museum make a second collection in England unnecessary,even were it possible to obtain one. The old historians taste… … ■ v LA SECONDE SEMAINE, DE SEIGNEUR DU BARTAS.Iii ol.ve green morocco. With the arms of De Thou. Plate XVIII, PLATE XVIII. 39 In studying De Thous bindings it is necessary to rememberone or two dates, and for this purpose a slight biographical sketchmay be useful. Jacques-Auguste de Thou was born…
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