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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 198

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rners, arose, fleur-de-lis, and shield of St.George. His initials are placed be-neath the royal shield. A citizen, G. G., substituted forthe dragon and greyhound two angelsas supporters of the shield ; he placedhis mark and initials in a small shieldbeneath the rose. An unknown binder, A. H., used… … PANEL USED BY THE LONDON STATIONER G. R. (On obverse of same book.) 1 J. Johnson, Typographia, vol. i., p. 503. 2 For full account see The Bookbinder, vol. i., p. 16- ,48 A HISTORY OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING. Behold the handmaiden of the Lord, etc. (Luke i. 38). Example in the BodleianLibrary,…

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