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 258
ll their dated backs he turns you round,These Aldus printed, those Duseuil has bound.Lo! some are vellum, and the rest as good,For all his lordship knows—but they are wood!For Locke or Milton tis in vain to look ;These shelves admit not any modern book.1 1 Auguste Jal, Dictionnaire (Paris, 1872). a… … 206 A HISTORY OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING. To these celebrated names must be added that of I. C. H. le Monnier, who waswarden of his guild in 1744. He was one of a family of bookbinders. He excelled ininlaid morocco resembling embroidery or designed a la Chinoise. He worked for theOrleans princes,…
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