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 299
before referred to ; and here on the same shelf were mixed together old shoes, preciousleaves, and bread and cheese, with the most valuable and costly manuscripts, or earlyprinted books. That he was eccentric may be judged by what has been related of him. He … BINDING BY ROGER PAYNE, GOLD AND BLIND TOOLED, A CAMEO INSERTED IN THE CENTRE OF EACHCOVER, UPON VIRGILIUS (VENICE, I505). {From the Crachcrode Collection <il the British Museum.) appears also to have been a poet on the subject of his unfortunate propensity, as thein- extract from a copy of…
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