Front matter
Reading edition
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Contents. Index. List of Illustrations (In certain versions of this etext [in certain browsers] clicking on the image will bring up a larger version.) (etext transcriber's note)
The Publication Committee of the Caxton Club certify that this is one of an edition of two hundred and fifty-two copies printed on hand-made paper, of which two hundred and twenty-eight are for sale, and three copies printed on Japanese vellum. The printing was done from type which has been distributed.
THOMAS BERTHELET
PLATE I.
CALF BINDING OF BEMBO’S “HISTORICAE VENETAE. LIBRI XII. VENICE, 1551.” MADE FOR EDWARD VI.
See page 87.
THOMAS BERTHELET ROYAL PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER TO HENRY VIII. KING OF ENGLAND
WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HIS BOOKBINDINGS BY CYRIL DAVENPORT, F. S. A. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM AUTHOR OF THE ENGLISH REGALIA, ROYAL ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS, ENGLISH EMBROIDERED BOOKBINDINGS, CANTOR LECTURES ON BOOKBINDING, CAMEOS, ETC. CHICAGO PUBLISHED BY THE CAXTON CLUB MDCCCCI COPYRIGHT BY THE CAXTON CLUB NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE
