Modern bookbindings, their design and decoration (1906)
Prideaux, S. T. (Sarah Treverbian) · London : A. Constable and Co. · leaf 210
of aninch in diameter, situated within the borderat the top and bottom of the panel. Theprecise purport of these is unknown, andmany plausible theories have been inventedto account for them. One such suggeststhat they were stop buttons to prevent thestamp from sinking too far into the leather,but… … 56. Bound by Kieffer. EDITION BINDING 125 others there has been an attempt at conceal-ment by carrying the ornament across.Many of the subjects pictured on thesestamps were of a religious character : thusthe Baptism of Christ, Saint John theBaptist, the Crucifixion, Our Lady of Pity,the Ara Coeli,…
Bookbinding
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