The printed book, its history, illustration, and adornment, from the days of Gutenberg to the present time (1887)
Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899 · London, H. Grevel and co. · leaf 286
at the end of the sixteenth century,a deaths-head on the sides or the back of a volume,the binding is of the period of Henri III. The binders of his time are known by the mentionthat is made of them in the royal accounts; the Eveswere the most celebrated among all of them. Nicholas>^Eve was… … ■ i, Z,iSo„,i i,t_ Fig. 114.—Sixteenth century binding, called a la Jaii/dre,.^ In theDiituit collection. 276 THE PRINTED BOOK. washer and binder of books and bookseller to the King,forty-seven and a half escus for washing, gilding, andsquaring the edges of forty-two books of statutesand ordinances…
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