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 268
crimson satin, onwhich the fleur-de-lis and lions are em-broidered, the scrolls and flowers beingworked with silver thread. This book waslent by S. Sanders, Esq. Velvet was not the only covering forbooks ; silk and damask were also in generaluse for that purpose in the sixteenth cen-tury. Alexander… … EMBROIDERED BINDING ON A BOOK GIVEN BY ARCH-BISHOP PARKER TO QUEEN ELIZABETH. (From the original in the British Museum, muchreduced}) But yet I have them (my books) in great reverence,And honour, saving them from filth and ordure;By often brusshing, and much diligence,Full goodly bounde in…
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