. Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford : with reproductions of twenty-four of the finest bindings. ate XI. GEOLIERESQUE DESIGN ON BROWN CALF. From the library of Thomas Wolton, Esquire. PLATE XI. 23 4th. Gracefully curved sprays of foliage are introduced wherepracticable. 5th. The designs are geometrical, consisting chiefly of straightlines interlaced. The example of Wottons binding at the British Museum,referred to in the description of Plate X., has been reproduced inMr. H. B. Wheatleys book. On the middle of the side is the legendTHOM/E ? WOTTONI • ET • AMICORUM, tooled in gold
. Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford : with reproductions of twenty-four of the finest bindings. ate XI. GEOLIERESQUE DESIGN ON BROWN CALF. From the library of Thomas Wolton, Esquire. PLATE XI. 23 4th. Gracefully curved sprays of foliage are introduced wherepracticable. 5th. The designs are geometrical, consisting chiefly of straightlines interlaced. The example of Wottons binding at the British Museum,referred to in the description of Plate X., has been reproduced inMr. H. B. Wheatleys book. On the middle of the side is the legendTHOM/E ? WOTTONI • ET • AMICORUM, tooled in gold, in obvious imita-tion of Grolier and Maioli. Date of some of the best specimens of Wottons bindings, c. 1544to 1552. PLATE XII COVSTVMES DU BAILLIAGE DE SENS & ANCIESRESSORTS DICELUY, REDIGEES, & ARESTEESAU MOIS DE NOUEMBRE, LAN MIL CINQCENTS CINQUANTE CINQ, PAR ORDONANCEDU ROY. A Sens, De lImprimerie de Gilles Richeboys, m. priuilege du roy. printed on vellum. royalValois Binding. Brown leather, {c. 1556-9.) [Arch. Bodl. D. Subt. 22.]Measurements of sides: 9-f in. x 6-| his sumptuous copy of the Coustumes du Bailliagede Sens, has the appearance of having beenprinted and bound specially for presentation tothe king. It is in every way a most beautifuland artistic production, worthy of the bestperiod of French art; boldness of conception,simplicity and gracefulness of treatment, arethe leading characteristics of the design. Inpoint of date, the binding cannot be much later than the yearin which the book was printed (1556). The style of ornament, too,agrees with this supposition, and the binding may have beenexecuted by one of Geoffroy Torys pupils. (Tory himself died in:533-) To quote from the introduction to his Champfleury, he hadbeen employed by Monseigneur the treasurer for war, MasterJehan Grolier, councillor and secretary of our lord the king, loverof fine arts, and of all learned personages, both as designer ofletters and of bookbindings. Many of
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