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 203
ectors preferred to place their coat-of-arms, emblazonedin proper colours, upon the edges of their books, as may be seen in Worcester CathedralLibrary, where some of the volumes bear the arms of Bishop Babington. Variouselaborate methods of ornamenting the edges after they had been gilded were… … ORNAMENTED EDGES. 167 Pictures were at times painted upon the edges of books. There is a completesixteenth-century library, consisting of a hundred and seventy volumes, with paintedilluminations on their edges. This library, formerly at the Villa Casteldarno Belluno, isnow in the possession of Mr.…
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