. Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford : with reproductions of twenty-four of the finest bindings. TUS- Et AD EUSEBIAM DEIINDUSTRIE EST DSUMATUS PER JoHANNE FUST CIUE MAGUTINU3 Et petru Gernszheym- Clericum dioces eiusdem- Annodni Millesimo quadringentesimo ouiquagesimonono- Sexdie octobris- Folio. Printed on vellum. Red morocco, inlaid calf, stamped and tooled. [AUCT. IV. Q. I. 3.] Measurements: 16^ in. x 11 in. efore the annual increase of books at the Bodleianassumed the present enormous proportions,considerable sums of money were frequentlylavished upon the bindings of particu
. Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford : with reproductions of twenty-four of the finest bindings. TUS- Et AD EUSEBIAM DEIINDUSTRIE EST DSUMATUS PER JoHANNE FUST CIUE MAGUTINU3 Et petru Gernszheym- Clericum dioces eiusdem- Annodni Millesimo quadringentesimo ouiquagesimonono- Sexdie octobris- Folio. Printed on vellum. Red morocco, inlaid calf, stamped and tooled. [AUCT. IV. Q. I. 3.] Measurements: 16^ in. x 11 in. efore the annual increase of books at the Bodleianassumed the present enormous proportions,considerable sums of money were frequentlylavished upon the bindings of particular were the days of gorgeous apparel, ofsolidity and strength. In the present century,and under straitened circumstances, cloth,buckram, and half-morocco bindings, sober andserviceable, take the place of richly gilt and inlaid leather. Butalthough the old order has changed, so far as mere ornament isconcerned, the modern bookbinding executed for the Bodleian is bothconscientious and durable; in the case of ancient MSS. it is oftencostly, and rebinding is always done in a conservative
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