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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 197

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he early printed Books of Hours issued fromthe press of Thielman Kerver. The panel measures 5 by 3^ inches. Under an arch is a large shield, bearing the cross, crown of thorns, inscription,tomb, palm-branch, spear, rod and sponge, hammer, pinchers, pierced hand, dice,garment, lantern, thirty pieces… … PANEL CONTAINING FARLY ARMS OF HENRY VIII., FROM A BINDING BY A LONDON STATIONER, G. R. [From a specimen in the parish library of Kings Norton, nozv in Birmingham Free Library.) a pillar, rope, birch rods, scourges, and a cock. Below the shield, upon a scroll, is themotto, in Gothic letters,…

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