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 138
edwith designs cut in the flat surface of the leather, the background being slightly sunkand covered with minute punchings, so that the design appeared in relief. Severalspecimens of wrought-leather bindings may be seen at the British Museum, and oneof unusual size and beauty is exhibited in the… … GERMAN BINDING IN HAND-WROUGHT LEATHER,FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
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