. The book, its history and development. the finest of thebindings made for Jean Grolier were Italian. Who designedthem and who boundthem we do not know,but among the earlierexamples there is nodoubt that splendid workcan be found. They mayhave been done in theworkshop of AldusManutius, but it ratherseems that the designswere made by one man,and I think it is notunlikely that Grolierhimself may have alwaysgiven the general ideaof the decoration hewanted. The later bindingsmade for Grolier arecuriously inferior, andsometimes in calf. Theearlier and finer bind-ings are in morocco, which is somet
. The book, its history and development. the finest of thebindings made for Jean Grolier were Italian. Who designedthem and who boundthem we do not know,but among the earlierexamples there is nodoubt that splendid workcan be found. They mayhave been done in theworkshop of AldusManutius, but it ratherseems that the designswere made by one man,and I think it is notunlikely that Grolierhimself may have alwaysgiven the general ideaof the decoration hewanted. The later bindingsmade for Grolier arecuriously inferior, andsometimes in calf. Theearlier and finer bind-ings are in morocco, which is sometimes marbled. Thewords Grolierii et Amicorum are always put upon suchbindings as were made for him, and the legend PortioMEA DOJiiNE SIT IN TERRA viVENTiUM also generallyappears in tlie centre of one or other of the boards. p Fig. 102.—Italian gold tooled bindingmade for Jean Grolier. 210 THE BOOK: ITS IIISTOEY AND DEVELOPMENT. Whenever Grolier acquired a book which was aheadyvery finely hound he added his autograph either on the. EiG. 103.—Italian gold tooled binding made forJean Grolier, 1532. flyleaf at the beginning or at the end. Grolier was the firstcollector to have his books bound in a particular way forhimself. OENAMENTATION WITH GOLD. 211 Grolier bindings have been very freely imitated,especially by a native of Bologna, who worked a good dealfor Count Guglielmo Libri, a great collector, and un-fortunately the st3le lends itself well to imitation. A
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