GOWANS'S ART BOOKS NO. 3 - DECORATED VELLUM BINDING - The Masterpieces Of Rembrandt.

London: Gowans & Gray, Ltd, 35 Leicester Square / Glasgow: 58 Cadogan Street, 1905 . 0. Original coloured vellum binding (lightly soiled and rubbed). Hand painted coloured capitals in red and gilt. A tourist souvenir from the early 20th century, a beautifull handpainted parchment binding. 6.0" x 4.0" x 0.5". pp. 64. Vellum boards with yapp edges (in the mediaeval manner). One soft leather tye to each board. Plain endpapers. Bookseller's label to front free-endpaper: "Giulio Giannini, Parchment Works, 19-20 Piazza Pitti, Florence." Clean English text throughout. VG. ** "The Giannini family, bookbinders, originated from Florence in the 1850s, and created the 'Florentine' style of bookbinding; ornate use of gilt and paints to decorate vellum, a notoriously difficult medium to work with.".

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