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Gold tooling in leather introduced from the East to Venice--Early Italian gold tooled work--The spread of gold tooling in Europe--Modern work--Gold tooling in leather--Early Venetian gold tooled bindings--The work of Thos. Berthelet, John Day, John Gibson, Mary Collet, Samuel...
Gold tooling in leather introduced from the East to Venice--Early Italian gold tooled work--The spread of gold tooling in Europe--Modern work--Gold tooling in leather--Early Ven...
7. CHAPTER I. EARLY RECORDS.The idea of making records by means of marks cut on stone or wood did not originate in any one place, for signs of it are found more or less all over the world wherever primitiv...
8. CHAPTER II. ROLLS, BOOKS AND BOOKBINDINGS.The length of ancient rolls of vellum has often puzzled bibliophiles. Rolls of narrow breadth are found 16 or 17 feet or more in length. A learned scholar on being asked how he...
9. CHAPTER III. PAPER.Although we get our word “paper” from “papyrus,” this latter was not a paper at all. The essential characteristic of a true paper is the matting or felting together of small fib...
10. CHAPTER IV. PRINTING.There are numbers of instances of impressions from small devices, cyphers and letterings cut on blocks of wood or soft metal and made on pieces of pottery. These stamps are the...
11. CHAPTER V. ILLUSTRATIONS.Writing in early manuscripts was continuous, no stops, no spaces, no initials. The inconvenience of such an arrangement soon became apparent; the effect of it can be well seen i...
12. CHAPTER VI. MISCELLANEA.The projecting bosses and corners which occur in mediæval bindings were to protect them against the friction of other books which lay upon them, a thin piece of wood dividing th...
13. CHAPTER VII. LEATHERS.Prepared skins of animals have been the most generally used of all materials for covering bindings of manuscripts or printed books. Leather is tanned skin, and the hair is gener...
14. CHAPTER VIII. THE ORNAMENTATION OF LEATHER BOOKBINDINGS WITHOUT GOLD.The true binding of a book consists of the sewing of the sections on bands, and the covering of leather is really wanted to protect the threads on the outer surfaces of the rais...
15. CHAPTER IX. THE ORNAMENTATION OF LEATHER BOOKBINDINGS WITH GOLD.Gold tooling in leather introduced from the East to Venice--Early Italian gold tooled work--The spread of gold tooling in Europe--Modern work--Gold tooling in leather--Early Ven...