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 266
e, 5. ENGLISH ROYAL BINDINGS. 213 them to regard that the book had no savour of spike, which commonly bookbindersdid seek to add, to make their books savour well. l Everything tends to show that Elizabeth was profuse in the embellishment of thebindings of her books ; and this doubtless influenced… … BINDING OF A BIBLE GIVEN TO QUEEN ELIZABETH, 1584. (Copiedfrom the original at the Bodleian Library.} Savoy, bound in cloth of gold, garnished with silver and gilt, with two plates of the royalarms.2 On New Years Day 1584 a folio Bible, printed by C. Barker, was presented tothe queen ; it is now in…
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