Les femmes bibliophiles; catalogue of a collection of books bound by famous binders for royal and distinguished ladies from Marguerite de Valois to the Empress Eugénie (1919)
J. Pearson & Co · London : J. Pearson & Co. · leaf 32
ouise de Bourbon,daughter of Charles de Bourbon, Comte de Soissons, who died in 1612, and his wife, Annede Montafie. She married Henri dOrleans, Due de Longueville. The work is dividedinto three parts, each having an engraved frontispiece, by Briot. The first part, Diversmotifs de Consolation, is… … LES FEMMES BIBLIOPHILES During the reign of Henri 111,when Nicholas Eve was the Royal binder, the practice ofcovering the sides of volumes with semes of fleurs-de-lys or other small ornaments becamethe fashion. One volume has the sides studded with fleurs-de-lys and tongues of fire,while some…
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