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 266
rnamented with their arms and devices painted in sunkpanels. There are two examples in the British Museum. One, upon a sixteenth-centurymanuscript, relating a grant of land made by the Duke of Urbano, is an exact copy ofOriental work ; the other is a Venetian binding upon a copy of the Statutes… … PORTRAIT OF JOHN DAY, PRINTER ANDBOOKBINDER. gilt; in the centre is a portrait of11 inches wide. The edges aresimilar 228 A HISTORY OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING. Queen Elizabeth are painted upon each cover, the surrounding border being delicatelytooled and the corners adorned with heavy stamps.…
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