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 242
Seuil flourished about 1710—1740; he was a native ofProvence, where he was born in 1673. Coming to Paris, he appears to have learned hisart under Philippe Padeloup, whose daughter he married in 1699.3 Louis XV. appointedDu Seuil royal binder in 1717, before the death of Louis du Bois, who did not… … INSTITUTIO SOCIETATIS JESU. ROME, I5S7. MOSAIC WORK BY PADELOUP. (From the French National Library?) 204 A HISTORY OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING. of Du Seuil. He held the post until his death in 1746, when he was succeeded byPierre Auguerrand.1 Du Seuils chief merit as a binder was that he reproduced…
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