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 211
itators of all previous styles,and the latest style, which is the result of the teaching of John Ruskin, WilliamMorris, and Cobden Sanderson. All these styles, with the exception, perhaps, of the latest development of the last,are more or less tinged with commercialism ; therefore they cannot be… … ITALIAN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY TOOLED BINDING. (Diagram from an example in the Bodleian Library.*) The art of applying golden ornament to leather is of unknown antiquity ; it was1 See Professor Middletons opinion on this point, Illuminated Manuscripts, p. 267 et seq. GOLD-TOOLED BINDINGS. 175 practised…
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