. Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford : with reproductions of twenty-four of the finest bindings. of uniformitythe plate has been reduced in the process ofphotography. The binding has neither inscriptionnor arms whereby it may be identified as theproperty of a particular collector, but it isevident that whoever designed the last examplefor Thomas Wotton, also designed this;material, technique, and treatment are the same in both, though thedesigns differ. If the binding we are now considering be the workof an English bookbinder, it is a production creditable to Englishart, and cer
. Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford : with reproductions of twenty-four of the finest bindings. of uniformitythe plate has been reduced in the process ofphotography. The binding has neither inscriptionnor arms whereby it may be identified as theproperty of a particular collector, but it isevident that whoever designed the last examplefor Thomas Wotton, also designed this;material, technique, and treatment are the same in both, though thedesigns differ. If the binding we are now considering be the workof an English bookbinder, it is a production creditable to Englishart, and certainly it will bear comparison with some of the mostcelebrated examples of foreign bookbinding of the same period. Itmay be useful to set down the chief distinguishing features of thefew examples of Wottons bookbindings which I have seen. 1 st. The material is a soft light brown leather having a finesatin-like surface. 2nd. The chief lines are painted black and edged with thingold lines, and measure from j| in. to f0 in. in breadth. 3rd. Spaces enclosed by curved lines are usually sprinkled withgold Plate 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
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