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 254
the only covering forbooks ; silk and damask were also in generaluse for that purpose in the sixteenth cen-tury. Alexander Barclay, in his Ship of Fooles (1500—1552), speaking of thecompany, has the following lines, relative to the student or bookworm, whom he ratherinconsistently places as the… … EMBROIDERED BINDING ON A BOOK GIVEN BY ARCH-BISHOP PARKER TO QUEEN ELIZABETH. (From the original in the British Museum, muchreduced.)
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