. The book, its history and development. EiG. 103.—Italian gold tooled binding made forJean Grolier, 1532. flyleaf at the beginning or at the end. Grolier was the firstcollector to have his books bound in a particular way forhimself. OENAMENTATION WITH GOLD. 211 Grolier bindings have been very freely imitated,especially by a native of Bologna, who worked a good dealfor Count Guglielmo Libri, a great collector, and un-fortunately the st3le lends itself well to imitation. A. Fig. 104.—English gold tooled binding by Made for Henry VIII. fraudulent finisher looks out for an old Ita
. The book, its history and development. EiG. 103.—Italian gold tooled binding made forJean Grolier, 1532. flyleaf at the beginning or at the end. Grolier was the firstcollector to have his books bound in a particular way forhimself. OENAMENTATION WITH GOLD. 211 Grolier bindings have been very freely imitated,especially by a native of Bologna, who worked a good dealfor Count Guglielmo Libri, a great collector, and un-fortunately the st3le lends itself well to imitation. A. Fig. 104.—English gold tooled binding by Made for Henry VIII. fraudulent finisher looks out for an old Italian book of theright date, bound in plain leather. Then he copies partsfrom one or other of the many Groliers which can be seenand studied by any Londoner or Parisian for the asking,and if he is fairly clever at his trade it will take a veryskilled expert to detect the fraud. Many such imitations •J12 Til 10 lU)OIv: ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT.
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