New-York tribune., 1886-05-16
TIE GROLiER EXHiBITION.
COMPARISON OF FRENCH, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
EXuINITs.


EXHIBITS
The Grolicr Clubs exhibition of French,
Enysh and American bin iings at No. GA Madisonavc.
IA. attracted attention from book and con-
roisSeurs There are five cases hllei with Frcuch
work and two each and English specimens.
Some Of the ampes may bo critically considered,
the numbers used being those OF the catalogue.
In the French cxhibt by Cape t2) the nlaync Is not
IN good taste with the delicate Gascon toong. hut the
tools worked to perfection and very accurately
Marius Michel and IL is good in design and In execu'
tion. Though geome;rical design seems inappropriate
for Paul and Virginia. yet 1t ia beautiful and accurately
worked Niedree toO) has fne design. and well eA
ccuted Canape t26 is light Grolier design. not over
loaded well fooled. Petit (29) is s'"ooi,
cal design, beautifully and creamy "oNo"'
1t may be questioned II s'"rs arc '"o
propcr symbol OF Star Chamber The wora slar 10 n'.
derived from either the shape or tue enoo'uH."' "
the Chamber Petit (49) is original IN design ana very
crnronn,te IL Is also beautifully worked but the qua
ty of the leather not worthy OF the tooing Irautz
Bauzonuet (7 is the best piece OF this artists WORK h
the exhibition The toolng Is good lie is SAID 10 nave
exceed all modern workmen in this particular but TINS
exhibit does fully prove IT. Marius Michel OO Is
Paul and Virginia" and has pretty inlad floral mon
orram of v and p IN the centre Of cover 1t is neat III
design and well worked. No. 1913 by the Same artist is
gorgeous inlad design in Persian style ana
well worked Marlus Michel s undoubtedly
the best doreur or dni.her in Paris to-day
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srn every tool perfectly and brightly worked This is
tho hest specimen in tho French department. There
ere many other examples worthy OF mention and there
are several specimens deserving OF concentration pea-
ing the names OF the best Paris binders.
In the English department (sl by Zaehnsdorf has a
dcntee border nicely tOoed 80 By Bedford has an
oyercrowded overworked design. poorly fooled for so
GOOD a binder; 400 by Riviere & Son has Maio de-
sign rendered effective by studying. the workmanship
being also good the most str king exhibit in this depart
mcnt 1lN by Bedford is similar design
and fairly well worked. This s'yle seems
TO re favored by the English binders
ard ia rich in effect Holloway 12D has good aldinc
design soldiy and brightly worked Charles Lewis u2i
was binder OF the oary OF the century. Tins lisa
good specimen OF his excellent work ZaehnsdOrl 4o mas
good Gro!er design wei worked Mono OF the exhibits
I'm the English dopar ment show superiority In orig
rality OF design in br!lliancy Of ioong although
many may be classed rs good
In the American department u57l is a Gutenberg
Bible Of 1850 II is covered in dark brown leyant and
has pure Grolier design inlaid with dark blue
Old design old In fact as the printing but
its choice is appropriate than modern one ana
It's execution Is fsutess. memorial volume (ss has
the design light brown leyant inlai with blue and
red The four corners have intricate but symmetr
caincrseced design connected by panels Of early Italian
ornament. There is not engraved tool used IN the
called fortn the admiration of Petit. the Paris binder
Barclays " ship OF Fools 100 Is dark brown IcVat
Win gorgeous uctSn OF NcHetlth
sold aud brilliant a. polished metal The New Iesta
ment. Longmsns edition ts9l is III light brown levant
finland WIFE and red the design being in the style of
Groncr but original in its scrollw0rk lEesc are four
among sixteen samples contributed by Matthew'S
senior A volume (59l in brown ievant with an inter-
sec.ed design with myrtle sprigs IN corners after de-
egn by Niedree is exceeding well executed. MoOre's
Irisn Melodies - (6i) green levant fooled very
brightly with q design of shamrock leaf. "sOn Atcsse
la Femme (62) has "A rich De Rome border fooled by
the BINDERS hand. These are samples OF Alfred
Matthew's work EXHIBIT No 81 is from the bnde1y Of
Iadsrect 1t Is in green levant with double OF Grim
son and rich iulaid iozenge border. IL is well
tOocd