. Printing and writing materials: their evolution . ing the remainderof his life. In the leisure of his official functions,he sought out new combinations and interfacingsfor his bindings. Grolier, however, was not abinder but an amateur possessed of exquisite tasteand with abundant wealth to indulge it. It was the practice of book-lovers to offerthe enjoyment of their hbraries to their Maioli and Grolier placed inscriptions ormottoes upon their books. One of the mostusual employed by Groher was lo Grolierii To Grolier is ascribed the introduction of letter-ing-pieces
. Printing and writing materials: their evolution . ing the remainderof his life. In the leisure of his official functions,he sought out new combinations and interfacingsfor his bindings. Grolier, however, was not abinder but an amateur possessed of exquisite tasteand with abundant wealth to indulge it. It was the practice of book-lovers to offerthe enjoyment of their hbraries to their Maioli and Grolier placed inscriptions ormottoes upon their books. One of the mostusual employed by Groher was lo Grolierii To Grolier is ascribed the introduction of letter-ing-pieces on the backs of books and placing vol-imies on the shelves with the backs outwards. Heis credited also with having been the first to usemorocco leather for binding. Cameo bindings originated in Italy, in the earlyWMiSgs. P^^^ ^^ ^^^ sixteenth century. The real cameoswere copies of antique gems and medals, made ofa sort of lacquered paste, and were glued into adepression on the side of the cover; the Frenchimitated this mode of decoration by simply. ( 1UN1I1-N<;. [From Bookbindings Old and New, Brander Mattliews. Bypermission of Mr. Matthews and the Macmillan Company.] MEDIEVAL BINDINGS 199 stamping the leather in rehef. Examples of Italiancameos are those found on the books once belong-ing to the library of Demetrio Canevari; the sub-ject of the central oval stamp, which is in gold,silver, and colors, being invariably Apollo drivinghis chariot over the waves. The Eves. CHAPTER III MEDIEVAL BINDINGS—MODERN BINDINGS HTHE Eves were a family of binders who worked for-*- the kings of France from about 1578 to , the first, is said to have bound booksabout 1565, for the famous mistress of Henry II.,Diane de Poitiers, who possessed some of the mostbeautiful bindings ever produced. In the Eve styleof work the compartments of the geometricaldesigns are surrounded by scrolls or spirals andbranches of palm and olive. In their earlierwork the designs were gracef
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