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 268
s, limners, wood-cutters, and bookbinders.1(1603—1625, James I.) To James I. must be accorded the merit of introducingmorocco as a general cover for the binding of books in the English royal library. Volumesin velvet bindings belonging to him have been described before, but he also possesseda large… … PONTIFICALE ROMANUM CLEMENTIS VIII. PONT. MAX. PRINTED AT ROME I 595. BOUND IN ENGLAND AFTER 1 603. MOROCCO GOLD-TOOLED WITH THE ARMS AND BADGES OF JAMES I. (Reproduced from the original in the British Museum,.) ENGLISH ROYAL BINDINGS. 229 heraldic thistles, fleurs-de-lis, etc., in a manner…
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