Bookbinding, and the Care of Books

Reproductions of Bindings

I., II., AND III.
Fifteenth Century Blind-Tooled Bindings

IV.
Sixteenth Century Binding with Simple Gold-Tooling

V., VI., VII., AND VIII.
Modern Bindings Designed by the Author

I.—German Fifteenth Century. Pigskin. Actual size, 8¾″ × 6¼″.

II.—German Fifteenth Century. Calf. Actual size 12½″ × 8½″.

III.—Italian Fifteenth Century. Sheepskin, with coloured roundels. Actual size, 11½″ × 8¼″.

IV.—Italian Sixteenth Century. Actual size, 12½″ × 8½″. Goatskin.

V.—Half Niger morocco, with sides of English oak. Actual size, 17″ × 11½″.

VI.—Niger morocco, inlaid green leaves. Actual size, 8¼″ × 5½″.

VII.—Green levant, inlaid with lighter green panel and red dots. Actual size, 6¾″ × 4½″.

VIII.—Niger morocco, executed by a student of the Central School of Arts and Crafts. Actual size, 11¾″ × 9¼″.