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 214
d for some years after his death.He was the friend of Jean Grolier, the French Minister of the Milanese, who visitedVenice in 1512, and of Thommaso Maioli—two of the most famous book-lovers theworld has known. Aldus appears to have sold his books in bindings of vellum or leather, usuallyquite… … W>.(k..4£i6.. * VENETIAN GOLD-TOOI.ED COMMERCIAL BINDING, EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY. (Diagram from an example in the Bodleian Library.) intended for his friends and patrons, the leather or vellum received an adornment ingold-tooling. His earliest bindings had gold-tooling upon them. The example…
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