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 288
work of that time prepared for the comingin the seventeenth century—about 1620—of the worksof Le Gascon, or at least for the artist with whomin our days are connected the works of the reign ofLouis XIII. Under Henri IV. the fleur-de-lys occu-pied most of the covers of the royal books, from vellumto… … ^ . -^ i/jJir/S Fig. 115.—Le Gascon binding 278 THE PRINTED BOOK, showing the fibres of the leaves, he made a new kind ofornament, consisting of minute gold dots elaborated intolines and curves of singular brilliancy and elegance.Of this style, called pGiiitillc, we give a specimen fromthe…
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