The Anglo-Saxon Review, Vol. 9
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Excerpt from The Anglo-Saxon Review, Vol. 9: A Quarterly Miscellany; June 1901 Early printers in England commonly bound the books they printed. The very earliest bindings, if one may judge from the few remaining examples, were ornamented simply with lines and impressions from small ´cameo´ stamps in blind, or with one, large impression of a similar kind from a panel stamp. Instances of both styles are to be seen, in the case of specimens probably made in Caxton´s and Pynson´s workshops; but, as a rule, the books issued by our early printers are no longer in their original coverings. As far as is at present known, the first English binder who ornamented the leather of his bindings with gold tooling was Thomas Berthelet, who received the appointment of Royal Printer to King Henry VIII. by Patent in 1530. Pynson appears to have enjoyed this office previously; but, although he styles himself ´Printer unto the King´s noble Grace,´ no official authority on the point has yet been discovered. Berthelet also received the then high honour of having a coat-of-arms granted to him, the original document concerning which is preserved in the College of Airms. It is signed by ´Clarenceulx,´ and is dated September i, 1549. Among the manuscripts at the British Museum is a bill of Thomas Berthelet´s for books supplied to the King between the years 1541-1543, and several of the bindings are briefly described in it. Several books were bound ´back-to-back´; but none of them now exists, although the fashion was to some extent followed at a later date in the case, especially, of embroidered books bound in the seventeenth century. Several were bound in vellum, and others in satin, velvet, and leather. No one item has yet been absolutely identified; but among the books of the old Royal Collections are to be seen plenty of fine specimens of similar work which can with confidence be attributed to Berthelet. Berthelet´s larger bindings are nearly always royal; but there are numberless small books, bound chiefly in calf, in private libraries all over England, which are probably his work also. These small books usually have a black fillet parallel with the edges of the boards, enclosed between two gold lines, with small gilt fleurons at the corners. Initials also are often placed in the centres of the boards, enclosed within a black circle, square, or polygonal figure. As a printer Berthelet takes an important place. He printed very many works, and some of his types are beautiful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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