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 188
ppearance than the first. This design is spiritedly drawn ; thedrapery especially good. Below the figure is a shield ensigned by a crown, and upon theshield a maidens head. Both these panels are thoroughly English in appearance.They are thought to have belonged to a binder living in a provincial… … STAMPED-LEATHER BINDING, EY J. R., REPRESENTING ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGONEARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 152 A HISTORY OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING. described, is English in appearance, and certainly as old as the time of Henry VII. ; butsince the binders of Rouen and Caen used similar stamps, it is…
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