. The binding of books; an essay in the history of gold-tooled bindings. tc., Venice, 1535, in the BritishMuseum [672. i. 7.]. Upon his marriage with MarieBarban^on, in 1587, he impaled his arms with thoseof his wife ; and took a new cypher, composed of theinitials of their Christian names, I. A. M.: as on acopy of Appollonii Alexand^dni de Syntaxi libri IV.,Frankfort, 1590, in the Museum [671. g. 10.]. Afterhis second marriage with Gasparde de la Chastre,the arms and initial of Gasparde replace those ofMarie Barbangon; as upon a copy of Phaedri Fabtdae,Paris, 1617, in the same collection [C.
. The binding of books; an essay in the history of gold-tooled bindings. tc., Venice, 1535, in the BritishMuseum [672. i. 7.]. Upon his marriage with MarieBarban^on, in 1587, he impaled his arms with thoseof his wife ; and took a new cypher, composed of theinitials of their Christian names, I. A. M.: as on acopy of Appollonii Alexand^dni de Syntaxi libri IV.,Frankfort, 1590, in the Museum [671. g. 10.]. Afterhis second marriage with Gasparde de la Chastre,the arms and initial of Gasparde replace those ofMarie Barbangon; as upon a copy of Phaedri Fabtdae,Paris, 1617, in the same collection [C. 19. c. 21.]. These severe, but pleasing, bindings are among thefirst indications of the simpler, but more effective,modes of decoration, which began with the seven-teenth century, and by which the art of the Frenchbinder, untrammelled by any Italian traditions, atlength found its finest and most original expression,in the so-called styles of Le Gascon. About theyear 1622, the first characteristic style, of the newmanner, came into vogue. It consists in relieving ^mttSy^ti, BIN0IN(^ rOR SIR KENELM DIGBY. French Bindings 127 either board with a simple panel, formed by afillet of three, or four, lines, which cross one anotherat the angles. The panel is further enriched witharms, and the outer angles of the fillet by fleurons, orflowered corner-pieces ; while a second fillet, whichgenerally is similar to that of the panel, runs alongthe margins of the boards. A charming and veryinteresting example of this kind remains among theHarleian Manuscripts: it is an autograph copy of atract by Sir Kenelm Digby, which was published atParis, in 1638, under the title of A Conference witha Lady concerning Religion [Harl. MS. 2312.]. Itsbinding, which is figured in Plate VIII., is of redmorocco; and the fore edge is furnished with twoleather clasps ending in little shells of silver. Oneof the lines of the fillet, and the fleurons, or corner-pieces, are worked au pointill^, that is, by a d
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