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 241
ng to this king appears upon a Bibleprinted by R. Estienne at Paris, 1538—1540.2 To the steady and continued support of her kings and wealthy men may beattributed the high position which the binders of France for a long period occupied.During the sixteenth century their [superiority was so… … BINDING WITH THE ARMS OF HENRY II. OF FRANCE, AND THE MONOGRAM OF DIANNE DE POYTIERS AND HENRY II. (With the monogram No. 2.) who made them, of the artists who designed them, and of the judgment of the collectorsfor whom they were made. (1547—1559-) It was during the short reign of Henry II. that…
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