Royal English Bookbindings in the British Museum

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Trustees of the British Museum, 1957 - Armorial bindings - 16 pages

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Royal English Bookbindings in the British Museum
British Museum,British Museum. Department of Printed Books,Howard M. Nixon
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arms block Bavaria pia bear the royal binding adopted binding for King binding royal blocked and tooled Blue morocco Book of Common bound British Museum Brown calf Buckingham House Common Prayer Corner-ornaments corner-pieces coronet decoration DIEV distinctively English style Edward and Queen Elyot Flores historiarum gilt white deerskin gold-tooled leather gold-tooled white deerskin King Charles KING CHARLES II King George III King Henry VIII King Henry's binder King James King's Library large corner blocks large heraldic ornament LIBRARY BINDINGS London Lumley libraries Old Royal Library onlays panel peregrinations orientales plate Pourtraits et vies presentation bindings presentation copies Prince of Wales Prince's arms PRIVATE BINDERY Queen Elizabeth Queen Mary binder reign of King royal arms royal bindings royal cipher Royal English Bookbindings Royal Library books Samuel Mearne's small corner tools so-called King Edward sovereign from King spine Thomas Berthelet tooled in gold Transparent vellum Trinity College Wales's badge white paper boards

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TitleRoyal English Bookbindings in the British Museum
AuthorsBritish Museum, British Museum. Department of Printed Books, Howard M. Nixon
PublisherTrustees of the British Museum, 1957
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedSep 22, 2008
Length16 pages
  
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