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 153
her, we owe the encouragement of art andliterature ; but the ordinary monastic records and books of accounts were roughly bound,sometimes in undressed hide, sometimes in carefully prepared deer or sheep-skin, usuallywithout ornament, and therefore in striking contrast to the bindings we have… … STAMPED-LEATHER BINDING. ?WINCHESTER 1 2» CENTURY.I i( »N THE W [NTON DOMESDAY BOOK.om the collection qj the Society of Antiquaries, London.) ENGLISH STAMPED-LEATHER BOOKBINDING IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY. 109 cities to which they are supposed to belong, but it is obvious that it must be impossiblein…
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