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A short historical sketch of the art of bookbinding (1895)

Andrews, William Loring, 1837-1920, Matthews, William · [New York] · leaf 40

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border en-graved with a dotted line like that of Le Gasconcompletes the ornament of the cover of a copy ofThe Gentlemans Calling, London, 1660, now inthe hands of the writer, which answers in a meas-ure to the foregoing description by Mr. Home, andis undoubtedly an example of this fanciful… … FRENCH—XVI. CENTURY. Attributed to Clovis Eve ; belonged to Marguerite de Valois. and Edward Castle as the royal booksellers, book-binders and stationers from about 1700 to 1755, andof Andreas Linde as book-binder to George, Princeof Wales afterwards George III. He says of thelatters work as shown…

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