. The book, its history and development. RO^E^a^lfc«HARLEY ^^ Fig. 119.—The book stamp of Eobert Harley. advent of Roger Payne, a native of Windsor, who set upin London as a bookbinder about 1770. Paynes two predecessors, Berthelet and Mearne, had bothenjoyed Court positions, but Payne never did; he workedwhen he chose, and only then, and even if the brilliancyand genius shown of his work had ever been known toGeorge III., it is doubtful whether so unreliable a man asPayne was could ever have been allowed to hold anyresponsible position. The main charm of Paynes work consists in the spareornam
. The book, its history and development. RO^E^a^lfc«HARLEY ^^ Fig. 119.—The book stamp of Eobert Harley. advent of Roger Payne, a native of Windsor, who set upin London as a bookbinder about 1770. Paynes two predecessors, Berthelet and Mearne, had bothenjoyed Court positions, but Payne never did; he workedwhen he chose, and only then, and even if the brilliancyand genius shown of his work had ever been known toGeorge III., it is doubtful whether so unreliable a man asPayne was could ever have been allowed to hold anyresponsible position. The main charm of Paynes work consists in the spareornamentation of beautiful leather with exquisitely designedand cut stamps. These stamps are said to have been cut byhimself in iron, but most of them were certainly of brass. Q 2 228 THE BOOK: ITS HISTOEY AND DEVELOPMENT. One of Paynes stamps only is specially cut so as to becapable of being used in combination ; it is a little sprig ofvine, and he used it not only by itself, but sometimes so as. Fig. 120.—Euglish gold tooled binding, byEoger Paj^ie. to make an entire vine oval on the side of a book. Paynewas also the first great English binder to pay much attentionto the inside of the boards of his bindings. His Doublures,as they are called, often show more elaborate work than OENAMENTATION WITH GOLD. 229 exists outside the books. The masses of small stamps whichoccur on the borders of the fine doublures and in thecorners of Paynes bindings are arranged in parallel lines,but have little constructive arrangement. The brilliancyof Paynes gold tooling has never been exceeded. In his simpler bindings Payne used a deep soft purpleend paper, usually lined with gold round the edge. Theleather joint red or green is also often gilded, and shows astitch or two of the silk thread which Payne always headbands are small and rounded, of green silk, withsometimes a gold thread here and there. The colours of Paynes moroccos are deep blue, deep red,orange, deep olive, or pale sea-g
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