. The binding of books; an essay in the history of gold-tooled bindings. bindings; but these early examples aregenerally gauffered, or tooled, by a method, whichdoes not greatly differ from that of the blind toolingemployed in the decoration of the boards, and whichI shall describe in its place. The edges of the booksbound for Grolier, are commonly plain gilt, a traitwhich accords with the severity of their design, andwhich may be thought to distinguish them, fromthe earlier Venetian bindings, the edges of whichare generally gauffered with the rope-pattern: whilethe Lyonnese bindings, executed
. The binding of books; an essay in the history of gold-tooled bindings. bindings; but these early examples aregenerally gauffered, or tooled, by a method, whichdoes not greatly differ from that of the blind toolingemployed in the decoration of the boards, and whichI shall describe in its place. The edges of the booksbound for Grolier, are commonly plain gilt, a traitwhich accords with the severity of their design, andwhich may be thought to distinguish them, fromthe earlier Venetian bindings, the edges of whichare generally gauffered with the rope-pattern: whilethe Lyonnese bindings, executed at the close of thesixteenth century, often have their edges gaufferedwith elaborate patterns, outlined in studded this kind of decoration, some admirable examplesmay be seen in the South Kensington , in the second half of the sixteenth century,we find colour used upon gilt edges, in addition tothe gauffering. The Germans especially excelled inthis kind of florid ornamentation ; and with thatwant of power to appreciate the charm of simplicity. yamcaSyaii: EARLY DOUBLURE(VENICE, 1531.) The Craft of Bhiding 33 and unity, which characterises their art, they furtherattempted to portray both figures, and scenes, bythis method ; as on a copy of an Auslegung des Evan-gelii Matthaei, Leipzig, 1575, in the same collection[23o-66.], on the edges of which a Last Judgementis gauffered, and painted, upon a gilt background. Inthe succeeding century, the same method of decora-tion is found employed, but with far greater reticence,upon some of the bindings ascribed to Le Gascon :but of these, and other examples, more in their a binding is not intended to be elaboratelytooled, a coloured edge may be used with powdered colour ground up with paste and alittle oil, or glaire and oil, is applied to the edges witha brush, the book having been slightly fanned out,right and left. The Italians commonly employeda yellow resembling Roman ochre, indigo, and
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