A history of the art of bookbinding : with some account of the books of the ancients (1894)
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, editor, Hannett, John, 1803-1893 · London : E. Stock · leaf 143
her, we owe the encouragement of art andliterature ; but the ordinary monastic records and books of accounts were roughly bound,sometimes in undressed hide, sometimes in carefully prepared deer or sheep-skin, usuallywithout ornament, and therefore in striking contrast to the bindings we have… … STAMPED-LEATHER BINDING. ? WINCHESTER I 2TB CENTURY UPON THE WINTON DOMESDAY BOOK. {From the collection oj ilu Society oj Antiquaries, London.) ENGLISH STAMPED-I.EATHER BOOKBINDING IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY. 109 cities to which they arc supposed to belong, but it is obvious that it must be…
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