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 285
to be executed after the death of thiserratic genius, and exhibits the man in his wretched working-room, as in life he dailyappeared. Here, however, were executed the splendid specimens of binding we have A HISTORY OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING. before referred to ; and here on the same shelf were… … MOROCCO BINDING BY RuliHU E, GOLD AND BLIND TOOLED, A CAMEO INSERTED IN THE CENTRE OF EACHCOVER, UPON VIRGILIUS (VENICE, I505). {From the Cracherocle Collection at the British Museum.) appears also to have been a poet on the subject of his unfortunate propensity, as thefollowing extract from a copy…
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