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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 137

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decorated in raised and coloured designs. Leathers forlaying down in the rooms in summer-time are mentioned in the inventories of furniturebelonging to the Duke of Burgundy ; and in 1416 Isabeau of Bavaria and the Dukeof Berry ordered leather carpets and hangings from Cordova, at that time the… … BINDING OK A BREVIARY (FRONT), FIFTEENTH CENTURY GERMAN HAND-WROUGHT LEATHER. GERMAN MEDIEVAL BOOKBINDING. 99 In Germany all through the Middle Ages many magnificent specimens of book-binding were made both in monasteries and in the workshops of artists©Ctm&tlJJ. who were not monks. Judging…

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