A short history of bookbinding and a glossary of styles and terms used in binding, with a brief account of the celebrated binders and patrons of bookbinding from whom the various styles are named, description of leathers, etc (1895)
Zaehnsdorf (Firm), Zaehnsdorf, Joseph William, 1853-1930 · London : Printed at the Chiswick press · leaf 15
acedthe art on such a high eminence, that even now weare compelled to look to these great masterpieces asmodels of style. Not onl) was the exterior elaborate B lO A Short History in ornamentj but the edges were gilded and tooled,and even painted. There is little doubt that the first examples of… … Grolier. of Maioli may be distinctly traced by the bold sim-plicity and purity of his designs ; and more especiallyby the broader gold lines which margin the colouredbands of geometric and arabesque ornamentation. All books, it must be understood, were not boundin so costly a manner, for we find…
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