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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 196

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olls are those bearing the Tudor badges—the rose, fleur-de-lis,pomegranate, and portcullis. Other binders ornamented their roll-stamps with similarheraldic devices, but that used by Siberch is perhaps one of the earliest. Sometimesa smaller roll was used with good effect upon quarto volumes. In… … CHAPTER XII. BOOKBINDING IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY—SIGNATURES—FORWARDING—PRICE OF BINDINGS RESTRICTED BY LAW IN ENGLAND—BOOKS INCHAINS—ORNAMENTED EDGES—EMBROIDERED BOOKBINDINGS.

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