New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-15
SOME FIVE BINDINGS.
SPECIMENS OF THE ART coLircTEp HY CHARLES !
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SPECIMENS OF THE ART COLLECTED HY CHARLES
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Book buyers generally will he deeply interested in
the exhibition that H. 10 %" mad. this week-h"gn-
mig tomorrow morning. .n :ft; n Charles frTh-
n,T's Sons No. l.? F.iih-aNc. The collection j. not
large numbering. possibly som'inl'g over t"o nun
Ired volumes bui even with ihi limited number "a"
intention to represent the higa"s; si'. or the part
Of the best French English AMI American binders
has been admirably fulfilled Then. too. for the most
part skill Of thcs" mas"rs OF IN" ART % book
dressing has been expended upon books TIA; are
worth the binding Nearly all me example, contain
between some pear. % FAR greater pro" ihhn
- represented In The rnoroccJ ana mosaic flncca
that have enriched the for The p,"asuT" o:
the eye. or course in looking AZ them IN ~" mass
or hurrlcdly CHANGING ai th"m pi"c"meal 50 to speak
sees Incidental sim.lar.ucs In numerous spe'-
mems: but what strikes one most f0rcibly H. going
over the group wiki more or less care Il TIA
number OF specimens OF characteristics binding that
have been gathered together. Mr.. Swinburne's
famous poem. "Atalanil In Calydon." i striking
instance OF dlvers.hcaiion of talent FOR there are
five examples by as many different binders. or the
five two are rare first editions. ana one OF these riri
ties has been bound by Zacansdorf in full crushed
levant morocco with striking design Of branches
flowers and buds H. the shape OF hearts. thcky COW
cring groundwork OF gilt dots or else disposed IA
broad border to central panel having Irregular
Sides and In this panel the name appears In severely
plain lettering. In the doublure the idea IL
carried out. but there Is change in the ground
which is OF crushed dark green lcvani, and the
texture OF the border is more severely conventional
tied. The fyeavcs are OF ddrk-green watcrcd otto
man silk The top Is gill; hut the edges are uncut.
Two others OF the specimens are from the kelm-
scott Press. and In Of them the Groller pattern
has been followed. but no; with savish exacitude
The last OF the five Is from the bindery Of Rivicre
The sides covered with great sashing. whirlIns
lines OF gilt. ana two conven;ionalized flowers in
for "A H.
ceedngly effective.
Another fine instance Of multiplied effort
single book Is found In the three copies OF "Aucas
sin and Nicocte." two Of The transatons being by
Andrew Lang and the third by Bourdon. The
Bourdon copy was bound by Miss S. T. Pridcaux
But there are some books in the group that
Characteristic binding. An example Is Louisa Stu
art Costello's Rose Leaves Of Persia" Here the
hand of Sir Edward Sullivan appears. and he has
told story of the book in the binding. almost
The done In crushed blue l"vant of light
tint with roses inaid in mosaic ana red yellow
and brown in color. still more striking iilustra
ton OF the dcneative power at the command Of
the binder Is Il copy OF the same book bound by
Strikeman. The covers Of old rose crushed
evant with n convcntionllized distribution OF roses
and leaves over ali except the centre. where Is
framed spray of yellow roses with green leaves in
border OF roses in blue. The back Is pancllcd with
yellow roses inlad.
istic binding over the RIOS Rosarum." on the
quicier side OF the art is copy OF Holben's
light to look at 1t IL pure Aldine In pattern ms to
the covers The panel lines OF the square and its
overlapping diamond are of GIT ana blind tooling.
In the corners OF the diamond arc miniature figures
of the winged hourglass, while the corners
rIched with seal-sizc hguratons showing the
deaths head the arrow. cross bores and scythc In
close union The work Is done on ground OF blue
black crushed levant. Another Is ono OF Strike
mnn's furnished as n costume for a beautiful CODY
of Izaak Waton's 1.-THE Complete Angler" Ii IS
simple as was the old fisherman's philosophy con-
taininc delgntfuy clear, camcosiZc gilt impress
sons OF the nsherman's weapons OF offence, the
basket the pole and line the net and that sine qua
non OF the successful angler. such old Izaak
wa. the Ash themselves The gem OF the collec-
ton In many ways is a copy Of Shakespeares poems
hound by s. David. Its sustained dignity IL It's
cbefest charm. Yet another OF great beauty OF
covering is a copy OF the "Rubaiyat' of Omar
Khayyam by Zaehnsdorf.