Byways among English books / by Cyril Davenport.

  • Cyril James Humphries Davenport
Date:
1927
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Byways among English books / by Cyril Davenport. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    survival of the ancient device of double boards. The painting in the sunk panels are naturally well protected and so they have generally lasted very well. Many of Queen Elizabeth’s books bound in this way have very f \ .. Fig. 44.—Binding made for Queen Elizabeth, with sunk panels in the Oriental fashion decorative paintings of her coat-of-arms done in the centre panel. Any books with curious headbands should be carefully Fig. 45.—Mediaeval Headband ornamentally treated noted as such in any catalogue, and the headbands described. In old books much attention was given to the headbands which can be found at the top and bottom edges where