A history of the art of bookbinding. With some account of the books of the ancients (1894)
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, Hannett, John, 1803-1893 · London, E. Stock · leaf 135
U: t< u I — … ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL BOOKBINDING. 97 1480 a similar bequest was made to her daughter by Ann, Duchess of Buckingham,of a primer covered with purple velvet, with clasps of silver-gilt.1 It is not known when velvet was first woven. The oldest piece which can bereferred to is a cope of the…
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