[Fine Binding | Julius Carter] Bookbinding in England and France E-List 16 or padding the leather

or padding the leather

accented with small gilt fleur-de-lis and lion tools at the corners

and then continues along the edges to form a full rectangle

and pointille in gilt

[Fine Binding | Julius Carter] Bookbinding in England and France E-List 16 or padding the leatherFletcher, William Young. Bookbinding in England and France. London: Seeley & Co., 1897. Illustrated with 40 in text black and white images of bindings, 17 color plates, three of which are double page. Bound in dark brown crushed morocco with a most elaborate Grolier esque strapwork design in gilt, accented with swirling gouges and fleurons. A tipped in note mentions that the binding was done by "Julius Carter, binder of books for Queen Mary's Dolls'