The home library . Fig. 14. when compared with the finer and more appropriateleather bindings of later French artists. Here, for exam-ple, is a copy of Euripides bound for Lorenzo de Medicithe Magnificent, and bearing his monogram (Fig. 14). ON BOOK-BINDING. 77. TQJ Fig. li Here, again, is a Frencli binding of the seventeenth cen-tury (Fig. 15), ornamented with the initials of Anne ofAustria and Louis XIII, to whom it belonged. Those T8 THE HOME LIBRARY. who seek further informationmay be recommended to ^^TheArt of Book-binding/^ by W. Zaehnsdorf (Lon-don, 1880), in which all themech
The home library . Fig. 14. when compared with the finer and more appropriateleather bindings of later French artists. Here, for exam-ple, is a copy of Euripides bound for Lorenzo de Medicithe Magnificent, and bearing his monogram (Fig. 14). ON BOOK-BINDING. 77. TQJ Fig. li Here, again, is a Frencli binding of the seventeenth cen-tury (Fig. 15), ornamented with the initials of Anne ofAustria and Louis XIII, to whom it belonged. Those T8 THE HOME LIBRARY. who seek further informationmay be recommended to ^^TheArt of Book-binding/^ by W. Zaehnsdorf (Lon-don, 1880), in which all themechanical processes of bind-ing are described at Zaehnsdorf is an eminentEnglish book-binder, but heunderstands the beauty of the best French work, and hehas adorned his book with reproductions of admirablemodern bindings in the best French style.
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