Examples of bookbinding executed by RobtRivière & Son : exhibited at the Leipzig Exhibition in 1914 for a few weeks prior to the Great War on the outbreak of which they were placed in the cellars of the Leipzig Museum, where they remained for five years . Illustration 30 33 PAUSANIAS. Aldus. 1516. (One of the first books to beprinted in Greek.) Bound in Brown Levant Morocco,gilt edges, and decorated in rich Grolier style. See illustration No. 30. 34 THE WOOD BEYOND THE WORLD. WilliamMorris. Printed on Vellum. Kelmscott Press. Boundin Olive-Green Levant Morocco, top edge gilt. The cover (see il
Examples of bookbinding executed by RobtRivière & Son : exhibited at the Leipzig Exhibition in 1914 for a few weeks prior to the Great War on the outbreak of which they were placed in the cellars of the Leipzig Museum, where they remained for five years . Illustration 30 33 PAUSANIAS. Aldus. 1516. (One of the first books to beprinted in Greek.) Bound in Brown Levant Morocco,gilt edges, and decorated in rich Grolier style. See illustration No. 30. 34 THE WOOD BEYOND THE WORLD. WilliamMorris. Printed on Vellum. Kelmscott Press. Boundin Olive-Green Levant Morocco, top edge gilt. The cover (see illustration No. 31) is decorated with a centrepanel, being a reproduction in gold and leather inlays of theillustration on the frontispiece. This panel is surrounded bya rich border after the style of William Morris, and inlaid invarious colours by which a very rich effect is produced. The back has similar treatment to the sides, and theinside border is also in Illustration 31
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