. The book, its history and development. r theladies of Little Gidding to bring it to perfection. There will always be some little doubt as to whetherthese magnificent gold and silver tooled velvet books weredone entirely by the binders at Little Gidding, or with the assistance of theirmasters, Bucks of Cam-bridge. There is amarked similarity ofgeneral style as well asof detail, but the largerLittle Gidding booksappear particularly tobear the impress ofmore irresponsiblegenius than that of theorthodox universityprinters. Gilding upon velvetis still practised a littlein England; the ser-vice bo
. The book, its history and development. r theladies of Little Gidding to bring it to perfection. There will always be some little doubt as to whetherthese magnificent gold and silver tooled velvet books weredone entirely by the binders at Little Gidding, or with the assistance of theirmasters, Bucks of Cam-bridge. There is amarked similarity ofgeneral style as well asof detail, but the largerLittle Gidding booksappear particularly tobear the impress ofmore irresponsiblegenius than that of theorthodox universityprinters. Gilding upon velvetis still practised a littlein England; the ser-vice books used at thewedding of the presentPrince of Wales w^ere inred velvet with the royal monogram impressed in gold upon the eighteenth century an end came to any greatoutput of bindings in velvet, canvas or satin; now and thenan isolated specimen is found, and the era of cloth bindingsbegan in the nineteenth century. The main difference is that the earlier books in velvet,canvas or satin were always specially broad, but the cloth. Fig. 80.—English embroidered binding-canvas, seventeenth century. MISCELLANEA. 155 bindings were trade bindings from the beginning, withver}^ few exceptions. At first backs of paper bound books were strengthenedby pieces of ordinarj linen or calico pasted over them, thetitle being added on a label; but a special cloth for bindingpurposes was made early in the century by James LeonardWilson, and in 1822 Pickerings Aldine Classics bound inthat material were issued. This use of a special cloth waslargely helped and fostered by Mr. Archibald Leighton, whomade a speciality of it. The cloth was sometimes wateredand sometimes plain. Cloth soon became a favouritebinding for cheap books, and in time Wilson found a wayof gilding upon it, probably by the use of dried andpowdered albumen. Some of the early cloth bindings were ornamented byimpressions from engraved cylinders, the pattern showingin low relief. The great pressure which was used to makethis
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