Wednesday 13 November 2013

The Bliss binders: Faulkner

Henry Faulkner apparently completed just the one binding for Mrs. Bliss.

Ægidus de Roma du Gouvernement des Princes et des Roys [Manuscript of the XIIIth Century, upon vellum, with illuminations, curiously bound in russia, gilt leaves, by Faulkner]
1826 sale, lot 83

References

Ellic Howe.—A list of London bookbinders, 1648-1815.—London : Bibliographical Society, 1950.

Charles Ramsden.—London bookbinders, 1780-1840.—London : Batsford, 1956.

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