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Title: The book, its history and development
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941
Subjects: Books Bookbinding Printing -- History
Publisher: New York : D. Van Nostrand
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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or three ofthem suffice to cover a considerable space with an apparentlycomplicated design. The glittering effect of the smallpontille work massed together is heightened by the freeaddition of small golden dots wherever space can be foundfor them. Eed morocco was Le Gascons favourite groundwork,and on this he frequently set inlajs of coloured morocco,citron, olive and marbled brown. These were mostly usedin the case of bindings bearing a design of interlacingfillets, with gold tooling between them. No signed bindingby Le Gascon is as yet known, but there are some bearingthe name of Florimond Badier, who was son-in-law to JeanGillede, which nearly resemble Le Gascons work, but lackhis exquisite finish. On some of these appears a smalldotted profile head, which is supposed to be a mark ofLe Gascons. This same head is copied on some of thebindings of our English Samuel Mearne, who must thereforehave seen and admired some of Le Gascons or Badierswork. Le Gascon was probably Jean Gillede.
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French Seventeenth Centnrj- Binding. Inlaid and Gold Tooled.By Le Gascon. (To face p. 238. ORNAMENTATION WITH GOLD. 239 Mace Piuette followed many of Le Gascons manners, andhis son Antoine did the same. These binders were royalbinders to Louis XIII. and Louis XIY. respectively, andprobably bound most of the fine bindings made for thesekings, bearing their coats-of-arms. The bindings made for the Baron de Longepierre arenot uncommon. They were probably bound by LucAntoine Boyet, royal binder to Louis XV. These little booksbear upon them the device of a golden fleece, because theBaron wrote plays, and the only successful one was called Medea and dealt with the subject of the Argonauts.The bindings are all exquisitely finished, and of beautifulred leather; they sometimes have finely decorated doubluresand marbling under the gold on the edges, a charmingdetail which has been much liked by French binders eversince. Padeloup le Jeune was royal binder to Louis XV. afterBoyet, and belonged to

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